Hi dear bloggers!
I hope you are all excited to hear more about our
adventures. After a good night sleep we
were ready to discover the beauty of the capital Phnom Penh. There was so much
to see, just by looking around you could see that this was a very brisk city
and there was a lot of diversity between the cultures.
If you would like to know something about the economy
of Cambodia I could tell you this: first the economy in Cambodia was really bad
due to many wars but new hotels, restaurants, bars and residential buildings
were built and the country grew. The city Phnom Penh relies on tourism, so more
shopping and commercial centers were needed and now Phnom Penh is one of the
major tourist destinations in the country. So we could not walk by this city without
getting to know the culture a bit more.
We headed to our first curiosity which was a temple
named the Silver Pagoda. It was a bit chaotic, there were so
many people running around and traffic was terrible too. When we arrived we were
really surprised. We had never seen a building like this before, it was
gorgeous and we took a lot of pictures.
Inside the temple there was this huge Buddha
statue entirely made out of gold and weighed about 90 kg. There was also a huge
marble Buddha statue. Definitely worth checking out.
There were also a lot of beautiful gardens such as ‘Wat
Phnom’, where we ate a local specialty named ‘Ka tieu’ which is a rice-noodle
soup. It took us a while to make sure we spoke these words out correctly.
After that we visited some other temples called ‘Wat
Ounalom’, ‘Wat Lang Ka’ and ‘Wat Koh’. Very difficult names to pronounce.
Afterwards we immediately went to bed
because we were really tired.
The next day we got up early but still it was already 25° C outside. We
went to visit the Central Market which is definitely one of the biggest and
busiest market we had ever seen. A huge building was really dominating the
market place but it was quite nice to
look at. We tasted a lot of local specialties and tried to catch up a few words. Still it was very difficult to understand and to remember them.
The people in Phnom Penh are really friendly, some of
them even invited us to have a drink so they could tell us more about the
capital. We were happy that we just could sit down for one moment and have a
drink, enjoying the sun and still learn a lot about Cambodia and Phnom Penh. We
stayed up late watching the sunset at the Olympic Stadium, that was a moment we
shall never forget.
The next day we got ready, packed our bags to go on a
trip to our new destination. We are going to Thailand just by crossing the border.
We had to take a bus to get there. When we arrived we immediately checked in on
a hotel and as they say in Spain, took a siesta.
Don’t forget to read our blog to read what will happen
in our next adventure!
Sources:
Sofie Van
Laeken
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