Assalamu’alaikum Hii Guys.
Finally, we are here in the third part. How you doing, anyway? Hope you guys
doing well ^^. If you have not read the previous parts you could just check it
out so that you will know the whole story. Aaand here we go!
On the third day, we had already
had an appointment which was in the morning and we found that the location was
way further than the previous NGO we visited. So, we prepared earlier than
yesterday. We ate not too much meals for breakfast, some of us even did not
have breakfast. At 6.30 am we had already been in lobby to wait for our
transportation. This time, we went to our destination by Remorque. It was
ordered by our friend that is a part of the NGO we would like visit so that the
driver knew the route well and we would not get lost XD.
I’ve explained about the Remorque
in the first part anyway. So, it is like a cart pulled by motorcycle. It can
contain more people than tuktuk. It has 2 face-to-face long seat. So, we were
like 3 people in the first seat and 3 people in the second seat. And yes. It
was divided based on our tuktuk group, called senior and junior hahaha. We were
fit enough in that seat. We can barely move but that was not a big deal. You
would not do anything while you were in the cart on the way to some place
anyway. Some of us fell asleep because we could not even talk to each other.
The wind was so strong that it caused the noise. We could not hear each other
as well. The journey took for about 40 mins. We traveled from the city centre
to the sububrs. Many buses and other vehicles passed by. Until finally we
arrived at our destination.
We were warmly welcomed by them. One
of them was Indonesian. She had lived in Cambodia for years and she taught
children there. We introduced ourselves, discussed, they told us many things
that it was very useful for us and gave other perspectives so that we knew the
things from the different side. We were also offered to visit the islamic
school near there. The way to that school, we passed the muslim village and
there was a market too. We barely met muslim in the city, but we met many of
them here. Many women there even wore hijab. The journey to the school took for
about 15 minutes by walking. There were no students because it was holiday
season for them. It was boarding school for guys anyway. But luckily, we met
one of the administrator there to talk and share about that school and stuffs.
The school and its area were so huge, there was not many trees, so it was hot
there. Some of the rooms were equipped with air conditioner though. We spent
for about 30 minutes there until we left and back to the NGO’s place.
Fig 1. One of the school they showed us
As we arrived there, they had
prepared lunch for us. There were a lot of foods and it was various. It was
like all-you-can-eat restaurant where they prepared the raw material like
meats, the vegetables, and some seasons on the tables. So, before we had lunch,
we had to cook them first. It was such memorable thing and they were very
friendly. They said, it was common thing to there that they always try to serve
the guests well. We then prayed on their praying room and met some kids there.
They were so cute anyway. We chilled for a while there and played with the
kids. After we thought we had enough of chilling and playing with the kids, we said
goodbye to them, but before, they ordered us the Remorque again. It was so kind
of them.
It was still 2 pm. We did not go
back to the guest house. We planned to go to the Tuol Sleng Museum. It is a
genocide museum where it was one of the centers for the torture and the execution
that was established by Khmer Rouge. There was an entrance fee, it was 8 USD. the
fee was different if it is included the audio. We bought 2 tickets with audio
and 4 tickets without audio. The building looked so old and by seeing the building
you could feel the sadness and the cruel things that ever happened before. We
were not allowed to take a picture inside the building. There were a lot of
room which inside, there were still things that was used to torture the people.
There was a test that explain the story in each room as well. There were still cruel
rules made by the Khmer Rouge for the people that were arrested. There was one
building that contains all the pictures of the victims inside, with the detail
like age, the occupation, etc. The way they tortured them using those things was
also explained in audio so detail. So, yeah you can imagine it and it will make
you hard to believe that it did happen. We had enough visiting all the rooms.
Then we decided to sit for a moment, take a rest under the tree in that area
before we finally went to the gate out.
Fig 2. Tuol Sleng Museum
We found that there was a big
market near the museum which it sold many souvenirs. We had not bought any
souvenir as that day was the last day of our trip. So, we dicided to go to the
market first to grab some souvenirs. Because it was not too far, we decided to
go there by walking, as always haha. After 15 minutes walking, we finally
arrived to that market. Because we brought some bags that we thought that would
attract some criminals or something, so we decided to go to the fast food restaurant near
there. One of us decided to not go shopping, because she had another plan to
buy the souvenirs in the other place. So, we kept our bags there with her watch
our bags. Then, 5 of us left to the market to grab some souvenirs.
Fig 3. Shopping District in Phnom Penh
There were a lot of souvenirs
available there with various range of price. Many sellers offered us to with
nice offer. We finally got our souvenirs after spending some time to choose the
best offer. There were bags, wallet, key chains, notebooks, shirts, etc. Then,
we went back to the fast food restaurant to take our bags and order some drinks as well. Then,
we left to mini market that sells Cambodian snacks. We grab some snacks too there
as the snacks were unique and we barely find those kinds of snack in our
country. After we got what we want, we went back to the guest house by ordering
tuktuk. It was 6 pm anyway.
The day had not ended yet. We planned
to meet our friends in the night market. ThE ReAl NiGhT MarKeT as we found the
wrong night market yesterday. When we arrived at the guest house, we got some
time to take a rest, change our clothes and have dinner.
Okay, I will continue tomorrow as
the final part of this trip! So, stay tuned.
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