More Adventures In The Kingdom of Wonder

This morning at about 7:40 Marla & Brenda experienced their first Tuk-Tuk ride. We arranged for a boat ride to Silk Island and part of the tour included being picked up at our apartment to take us to the boat. We were the only ones on the boat for an hour boat trip from where we boarded until we reached the island in the Mekong River. We have been to Silk Island before so we thought that it would be a good adventure for Brenda and Marla. Marla's favorite part was a Talking Black Parrot that could laugh exactly like her. The amazing part was that it did not rain, when we looked at internet there was a 100% chance of rain this morning.

After lunch at our apartment the girls wanted to go to Tuol Sleng or S21 Genocide Museum, which was a torture center during the Khmer Rouge period. During this dark period of the history of Cambodia over two million or 25% of the population died. Tuol Sleng had been a school that they turned into a prison and torture center, where over 20,000 people were tortured and then sent to their death.

Marla wanted to look for a ukulele while she was here so we took her to the shops that we have seen. After we went to the first shop we were not hopeful, but the second one was great. Marla got a pineapple and watermelon shaped ukulele, and Brenda bought a Winnie the Pooh one. Since we still had time this afternoon we took them to the modern Aeon Mall and let them see that there is a little bit of advanced culture here as well. It all goes to prove that there are the small group of very rich and the larger majority that are very poor.

For dinner we went to Mama's New York Deli. Marla had promised that she would try fish and chips while she was here, since she does not like fish. Well tonight she liked the fish and everything else, especially the Dr. Pepper.