Phnom Penh: Markets

Hello again!
Sunday we got up early to go and have breakfast with the monks. We went to another Wat and bought food from a couple street vendors. It was cheap and delicious! For the five of us, breakfast was only $3.50 all together. The monks also invited us inside to eat at a small table so we sat on the ground and ate our noodles with chopsticks. After this adventure, we met up with our translators that we had met the day before. Pok and Vissatha met us at the Olympic Market which is a market that foreigners very rarely go to. There we bought supplies such as pots, water filters, hammocks, and sarongs (a sheet-like thing used for privacy when bathing) for when we are camping in forests of Oddar Meanchey working on our research. We said goodbye to Pok and Vissatha after working out the logistics on where we would meet up with them as that was the last time we would see them before we begin our research. We then traveled by tuk-tuk to another market, the Russian Market.  We did see a few other foreigners there and we bought some souvenirs. Breana and I (Kelsey) also bought fans. That $0.75 may be the best $0.75 we have spent here. :P

Around 2pm we hopped on a bus with all of our equipment and headed to Kampong Thom where we will stay for a week while Deb helps teach the teachers through the Teachers Across Boarders (TAB) program. We are looking forward to helping out in the school in every way that we can! :)