Phnom Penh afternoon

This afternoons outing was a little happier, we were taken to the Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda. And of course I took hundreds of photos...but I will try not to share them all here!!

Main palace bulding

buildings to the side

someone or something scared the pigeons!!

Silver pagoda, no photos allowed inside

amazing tree, could be a poodle tree!!! Lol!!

Palace stupa

lovely quiet little water place

tourist..to visit the pagoda we had to have covered arms and be covered to the knees, was a little uncomfortable on such a hot day!

Monks were tourists too.

Statues on the way out

local band

loved these statues and that the Buddha has a glass of water

spotted these beautiful colours and fabrics thru the door way

outside heading for the bus

A monk going about his business.

More later I think.

OOps I forgot to schedule this so it is here too soon and out of order!!

EPP time

It is time to link up with Anthea at Hibiscus stitches to share in all things EPP

I only managed 2 stars while we were away but have done a few more since returning home. Loving making these little stars.

If you pop over to Antheas you can see what other people have been making with EPP.

Happy stitching.

Phnom Penh

Today we are having a tuktuk ride around Phnom Penh

this large Independence monument is near the city centre

I can't remember who this statue was 

a group of monks passed us

a shop we passed by

statues for sale

views from the tuktuk

fellow tourists

on the way back to the boat we stopped to  have a look at ...Wat Phnom, or temple on the hill

there were many Buddhas inside

in many different sizes

loved this big gold one

the eldest stupa containing monks ashes I think.

a little Buddhist shrine on the way out

large clock at the bottom of the hill, a city landmark we were told.

Back on the boat we had lunch while travelling up the river to Koh Chen village

we visited a silversmith and copper making shop

had a wander through the village

along the dirt road

looking at the places people live

past the temple

to a school.

We visited this class, they sang Old McDonald had a farm in Cambodian for us as a greeting

then we sang Waltzing Matilda much to their amusement! Little cheek one was down the back off the class!! They asked us a few questions about where we came from, they knew kangaroo from Australia but mixed up goat and sheep when one Kiwi made a sheep sound!! 

More later.

Phnom Penh

Today we are In the big busy city of Phnom Penh. This mornings visit was a sad one as we went to the Killing Fields and the genocide Museum

this lovely shrine was in the grounds

this is a Buddhist shrine to the people who were killed here

one of the burial places, there are still bones coming to the surface from time to time

very old Chinese graves

back to the Shrine, it has many skulls in it. I stopped taking photos after these few, it was just a sad place and taking photos seemed disrespectful

Views from the bus window as we were driving to the genocide Museum

meat delivery

Rambutans on the move.

I didn't take any photos in the museum apart from this one with this gentleman

he was captured by the Pol Pot regime and his wife and 6 children killed, he was being tortured when a man came into the room and asked if he could fix a typewriter, he was a sewing machine repair man, so had a look, fixed it and that saved his life.....he remarried when he was let out of prison to a woman who had lost her entire family and now has another 6 children. He gets no pension from the government despite working all his life, so he has published this book, which he sells for $10 US to the tourists, partly to support him self and his family but mostly to make sure the story of what happened to many many people is told and spread around the world. He is another person who exudes peacefulness and calm.