Wednesday, December 23 - Day two in PP was less about history and more about shopping. We spent the morning at a couple of markets. We ate a soup for breakfast with the locals at the Russian market (the old market, so named because it was where the Russians used to go shopping when they visited, during the communist period). We also checked out the Central Market (which is housed in a beautiful art-deco building) but that was less interesting than the old market. We then trekked to the nearby Sorya shopping mall, to have a Khmer lunch in air-conditioned comfort.
In the afternoon, we took in Wat Phnom – a temple on the only hill in PP – before we headed back to the riverfront. After sharing a pitcher of Sangria at the Foreign Correspondents Club (where journalists used to gather while on assignment in PP) we were ready for dinner and then headed home to pack up for an early morning bus ride to Siem Reap. Guess we’re done with PP!
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