HCMC to Phnom Penh

Today involved a 7 hour bus journey from Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh. This involved being stamped out of Vietnam, crossing no man's land and getting our visa to Cambodia. Obviously I looked more suspicious than Eva and Sarah because they took a scan of my finger prints and a picture of my face but not theirs. We arrived in Phnom Penh at about 4.30 dropped our bags and headed back in a tuk tuk into town. We saw the palace and visited the daughters of Cambodia shop and visitors centre. Daughters of Cambodia is a charity working to save girls who have been sold into the sex industry and teach them a skill and get them work so they don't have to go back to the brothels. Everyone was so interested in our light skin especially the kids and they were all so nice and friendly. We went back to the hostel to shower and relax a bit before heading to the night market, where we learned the Cambodians love to barter and we managed to bag a few good deals.Leggi altro