day off the ship

My Day out in Sihanoukville, Cambodia

1.     Took a tuk tuk to the local marketcenter.  The tuk tuk is awesome. It’s a cart stuck to a motorcycle. There are two benches that seat a total of 4 normal people or 3 big boys.  There are 4 poles that hold up a roof but no closed in windows. Its open air.   The market place is huge. There are aisles after aisles of all types of stuff- clothes, electronics, shoes, jewelry, pedicure services, tailors and even a whole food section complete with snails and tanks for wild sea creatures.  I got sweet stuff for cheap cheap cheap. Shopping in Asia is great.  I got 6 bracelets for $2 and a sweet shirt for $8. Maybe I should have bargained more but the point is, there is good stuff at unbelievable prices.

2.     Went to a bagoda/pagota?  Anyway we found a super cool Buddhist temple and walked around the peaceful quiet courtyard.  We found a very reverent fountain complete with little statues of peeing boys.  Who thought that was appropriate for a religious center? I dunno, but he’s got a sense of humor.  Taylor talked to a couple of young monks complete with their vibrant orange/red robes.  They told taylor that me and Amy are beautiful. I thought that was funny to get that from monks. Moving on…

3.     We fed MONKEYSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yes, we fed them bananas. They went crazy. They acted like they’d never eaten before and were surrounded within seconds by cute little primates.  No missing fingers or injuries to report.  That’s good.

4.     Went to the beach. It was raining about all day so we just decided to press onward as if it was sunny. So we had a mini beach day. Little kids just ran around naked and free. We did not.  We kept a watchful eye on our bags but still had fun. 

5.     Um, I’d go into detail about more stuff but I’m always on a time crunch, I work 12 hours a day, excersize, go to LDS devotional, take a shower and then by the time that’s over its lights out. And then another day begins…