Coffee Korner Phnom Penh

... with hot and cold water in the same room, where you have to shove the water with your foot to reach the drain behind the toilet. The room for 3 of us is the size of my room back home. - Adele

We have been eating the yummiest food that most of us have ever tasted. Lots of fresh coconut and tropical fruits. We are at breakfast now awaiting the luxuries such as pancakes and omlettes. A whole meal here is so ...

... start touting you for tuk tuks. We were quite rude to one guy but you have to be that way to make sure you don't get ripped off and abused (we learned that lesson quickly)! Again, its hard because these people are desperate to make money and they see tourists as being the easiest way particularly because they know how much money we have in comparison to them. i later found out that Cambodia is so expensive because fuel is ...

... of them surround you.That's what exactly happened to me many years ago in Dhaka, Bangladesh when my heart missed a beat that if I don't run for my life I would have been a dead meat.

It's all about when our hearts bleed and when we see and feel how unfair the world is, that so many have to suffer the indignity of poverty and we wanted to give in any little way that we can.

I left my hotel at dusk, hoping to have a stroll before going for dinner ...

... and bones of small chidren only, including infants. In another, there were bodies of young girls and women, stark naked, which leads to think that they had been raped prior to getting killed. There were bones and teeth all over the place, on the ground close to the graves. The atrocities of war, especially when inflicted upon one's own people, will never cease to shock or repulse us. How can a human being do these things to another human being? It's ...

... recharging the batteries. I took a nice stroll around town to see some sights. I started off with my eyes set on a Western style sub sandwich, which I found and destroyed. Whole grain bread, spicy chicken with lettuce, jalapenos, and pickles, with mustard on top. Oh man, it had been too long.

I found the Central Market, which is a huge dome structure with a basic market inside. Nothing special. I found my way to the American Embassy, and just to step foot on American Soil, I ...

... student at the RTTC that will be living here for a year but her coldness towards me has not waned and even my cheerful hellos won't break her scowl.
The same day she arrived six teenage boys showed up in the wooden shack that almost leans against the small cement room that I sleep in. I asked Maan about the boys and she said that they are studying at the high school across from the house and will be living here for a year as well. I must be honest, it ...

... graves. There were even photos of the last 14 people who were discovered dead at Tuol Sleng. The 14 bodies were discovered chained to iron beds in the cells which were former classrooms of the school when the Kymer Rouge were overthrown by the Vietnamese Army in 1979.

We began to learn about the Kymer Rouge - a Communist group who planned to create a race of rice-producing peasants. They drastically changed society eliminating money, forcing everyone out of the ...

... more they'll take, and the more they'll expect. That's a pretty sad reality around here. I'm still happy about my decision though. There are alot of restaurants around Phnom Penh that give all of there proceeds to feeding and helping the children of Cambodia. John and I are making an effort to give them our business as long as we're here.

We plan to tour around Phnom Penh tomorrow and then ...

... it should be hanging in S21.

... dug up and its believed that there are still many graves to be uncovered.
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From there we went on to the S21, the high school that was taken over by POL POT and the classrooms were made into cells and torture chambers. Some of the rooms still had iron beds in that people were chained to, blood stains on the floor ...