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PP Day 2

We met our driver Younes (pronounced as Yu-nus), a 25 yr old bujang...itu awal2 sudah ditanya Bad/Ije. We went to S21 Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. Very depressing and incomprehensible...Younes dad, who is currently the Imam of Masjid Dubai and Phnom Penh, was once detained in a similar interrogation camp in Kampong Cham. He was the only survivor out of 200.

After the dose of S21 and Khmer Rouge history, we decided to skip the Killing Fields. The photos of the victims were haunting enough...men, women and children...

We drove pass Wat Phnom, jenguk keluar mpv je and then went to Russian market. You could see Nini, Yati, Mala, Ije, Kus and Bad's eyes gleaming with anticipation!! Here, the real serious action began .. :) While waiting for the rest, Fid and I managed to taste the local coffee and makan our tuna sandwich, made lovingly by Bad and Kus :) Oh, Mala minta sikit my kopi. Her one srrup, habis half of my iced kopi. Nasib baik, makcik gerai tu bagi lebih half a cup..he he

Lunch, we ate at City Cats. The food sedap...After lunch, we went back to Holiday Villa to solat & freshen up. We bought some sweets, jelly & biscuits for the children before visiting a nearby fishing village. Ada yang menangis tengok betapa daifnya keadaan hidup of the 100+ families, who are also muslims...they live in stilt houses beside the river with no running water or electricity. Their masjid where the kids belajar mengaji etc is a bot kayu...

The visit to the Central Market was more subdued...ending with the rain...ada la orang tu dapat merasa pakai baju hujan yg beli kat 100 yen shop kat Tokyo...he he. Feeling that we need to recharge, we opted to go for a massage. He he...it turned out to be an interesting outing :) Ye lah, try putting 3 friends in a room, half naked...kena massage kuat2 by girls half our age...Nini kata she could hear us kat reception area...ha ha. Oh, Nini tak urut coz dia sensitive...tak boleh di raba eh, silap, I meant urut ;) Yang lagi empat, they had separate rooms separated by kelambu, so I guess more serene environment la :)

That night, we had dinner at Mamak Corner. After mandi, we all congregated at Ije and Nini's suite to see each others purchases. Siap buat a what to buy list for our second trip to Russia & Central market the next day, how to optimise our visit. These girls were like generals discussing strategies et al ;)

posted by Tatee Hassan @ 2:00 PM