Adventures of Ashley in Cambodia Day 7

Day 7

So as you know yesterday was a hard day for everyone. It was honestly one of the hardest things I've had to do in my life. This morning we rode tuk-tuk's to the river and got on a boat. It was like the boat we took to the island. It was a 6 hour ride. Most of the time I was jammin out to my CD player or hangin out outside the boat. It had rails that you could hold on to and you could stand on the sides. Everytime it turned one side would go up or down and it made us a little nervous. As we were riding the boat I noticed several things, first-there was a man brushing his teeth in the brown muddy water, second-the houses I saw were made out of straw, or were on stilts, third-some houses were portable on water, and fourth-there was a lot of poverty down the river banks. I got sun burnt because I stood outside holding on to the rails and I didn't wear any sun block...silly me! When we got there I think everyone was just ready to get off the boat. The ramp we had to climb up was impossible. It was a steep ramp and it had nothing to grip onto with your shoes, just a rail on the side, and it was raining, so it was slick. We got in the bus and travelled to our hotel. It was pretty nice. The beds were comfy and we did have a shower, but it didn't have a door, but still it was a shower. Then we ate at Molly Malone's and it was somewhat American food....I was sooo excited and my garlic bread was tasty. Then we went to the day market. I think I bought out the place. I bought like 15 t-shirts and other stuff for my fam and friends back home. The hanging meat in the market smelled so bad that it made me gag several times. That night we went to the night market and I got more stuff. One of the staff at Rapha House helped me bargain with the shop owners . That night I couldn't sleep, because next door they were having a party and all I could hear was ..... BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM....the bass was boosted sooooo loud. Today was basically a day to shop.