Sunday 9th May - Made the massive mistake of taking the 'sleeper' bus from Siem Reap last night...it was horrendous. It was basically just a normal bus with poor air conditioning so trying to sleep was practically impossible. In the end I just gave up and slept in the aisle, I'm sure all the locals must have thought I was nuts. Managed to get about 2 hours sleep and then checked into a lovely guesthouse after being taken to my driver's guesthouse which I did not ask for and was not best pleased about at 6 O'Clock in the morning! After a couple of hours kip I got up and started the sights. On the way to the Toul Sleng Genocide museum we stopped off at the Liberation monument celebrating relations with the Vietnamese and the Independence Monument to celebrate independence from France. The genocide museum was shocking, it's so sad that the exterminations happened so recently (1975- 1979) with about 15,000 children killed and yet hardly anyone knows about it. This afternoon I went to the Killing Fields which is wehere the prisoners from S21 were taken for the exterminations. Finished off the day by going to the Quay which is where the tourists go to eat and drink and all the locals meet to socialise. It's a great atmosphere and I keep being amazed by the French influences all over the city. I was walking along the Quay and came across a massive group of people of all ages dancing on the Quay, kind of like an outdoor aerobics class... did look like fun though!
p.s. I undrestand why celebrities get annoyed with the papparazi now...the whole time I have been here I have just been heckled by tuk tuk drivers and children selling books. The manage to get to you before you even leave the guesthouse but the worst is when you are eating and you can see them watching you from outside ad when they see you get up they all crowd to the door like vultures...it's horrible!
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