Thursday, January 27, 2011

Day 3

Ok so today we woke up early, had some crepes for breakfast and then jumped in a tuck tuck with Allan to go do some shopping. Our tuck tuck drivers name was Sky and she is the only female tuck tuck driver in Cambodia. Her goal in life is to become the first female taxi driver there too. Our first stop of the day was a little store called peace where handicapped people were given a job making either silk bags (they have some of the best silk in the world here) or bags made out of recycled fishing nets and rice bags. I thought they were pretty cool and my mum must have agreed because she bought them out of most of their store. After that we strolled down to the Russian market which is basically a huge maze of little twisting passage ways set up with stores. We bought more stuff in there but soon the heat started to get to us so jumped back in Sky's tuck tuck and Allan took us to a restaurant called Ocean where Sky's sister works. The food there was awesome and this being dollar store country the whole thing was only 20$.

After eating we decided to retire poolside and hung out there welcoming the rest of the build team as they slowly arrived one by one. Then at dinner Paula, one of the board members, gave us a welcome speech and gave us a brief explanation of the rules and what was going to happen over the next few days.

Tomorrow as one of the mandatory things we have to visit before going to build we are going to the Killing Field where they tortured and killed most of the population of Cambodia, but I'll go into more detail about that tomorrow.

-Chloe :)

1 comment:

  1. Chloe
    Your writing skills amaze me! So talented! Now tell me, what made you and your mum, (Mother Teresa) do this? How did you hear about this adventure? You have the most interested life I have ever seen, for such a young lady.....and all thanks to your fabulous mum for taking you and your brother, on these excursions.
    Enjoy your time in building these houses. Ill certainly keep an eye on your posts. I love them. You are so entertaining.
    ps...I hope your fortune cookie was for a fun-filled adventure and nobody getting food poisoning in Cambodia.
    Lori H

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