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Wat Phnom, Royal Palace, Russian Market

09/19/2006

I spent all of the weekend exploring Phom Penh with a flatmate. We started at Wat Phnom, which is a pretty important Wat. It sits on a hill (the only hill in Phom Penh). You can walk through the temples and around the grounds, which are really beautiful. From what I understand, people go to this temple specifically for good luck. There are hundreds of statues inside holding 100 riel notes (note: 4,000 riel = $1 US).

The Russian Market is a HUUUGE market with things like clothes, carvings, silver, dvds, etc... It also has a food section that smelled like dead fish and god knows what... You can even buy fried spiders and crickets from stands outside!

I spent most of Sunday exploring the Royal Palace grounds. The grounds themselves are huge and house the royal quarters, the Silver Pagoda, and various other ornate structures. (see pictures)

Posted by jmalsch 3:42 AM

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Awesome! Go for the spiders!

09/20/2006 by JAAx

Jo this sounds so cool! It sounds REALLY gorgeous. Try some spiders tell me what you think! Have you found your bag yet? Have you met the kids? Reading this it makes me think its like, a novel instead of your actual life. Glad its interesting...miss you.
love,
Jenn

09/20/2006 by jennifurrr

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