Cambodia! Day 10 Last Day in Phnom Penh

I couldn't believe how fast this trip went by! Our last day in Cambodia was so much fun. We didn't really have anything planned the day before, but we figured it out and ended up packing in quite a lot. Kim and I got up and played tennis together at 6 a.m. It was so much fun! I love tennis but I haven't played in years. There aren't any courts here in Alaska, so it was really fun to be able to play. Then she made us a yummy breakfast and we all got ready for the day. We went to a super packed market, just to soak up the (stinky) atmosphere. I love people watching there. Our lives are so very different. I try to think about what it would be like to come to the market day after day after day chopping up stinky fish guts all day and bartering with every customer to get the best price. Those ladies are tough! Then we drove to Independence Monument, and then to the Royal Palace where the kids got to feed the birds. SO many pigeons. We bought some corn kernels from a lady there and they loved feeding all the birds. We barely missed a tour of the palace, which was a total bummer. Literally by 5 or 10 minutes we missed it. Then we went to central market where Ty and Bryn each got a few bucks to pick out whatever they wanted to buy. I also got a cute little church suit for Briggs. Can't wait till he grows into it.

Then we went to lunch at Joma Cafe, and dropped Sam off at his French school that he had missed for like 3 weeks because of all their visitors! Then Kim and the other kids went to a fun indoor playground place called Monkey Business. Meanwhile, Samnang drove Kenny and I out to the Killing Fields. It was quite graphic and a very sobering experience. We could see pieces of bone and cloth from the victims still coming up out of the ground. More are revealed each year, especially after the rainy season. We tried to get through it quickly, and only took about an hour. Then went back and made the rounds picking everyone back up.

They dropped Kenny and I off to get a massage (for $8 each!!!!) while Kim took all the kids home. The massage place was a little sketchy, as a cockroach ran across the floor, and spiderwebs were in all the corners, and I really wasn't sure when the last time (if ever) they washed the sheets on the bed haha. But I tried to ignore all that and just enjoy it. It did feel really good. We took a tuk tuk home and Kim had a delicious dinner made for us.

After dinner we all went down (kids and all) to the tennis courts. Tyler had been really wanting to play since Kim and I did. It was a fun night just playing around and teaching them how to hit it. We got some ice cream afterwards and went back upstairs to pack and get ready to go. Of course we finished that day, along with every other day, with family scriptures and prayers. Then we had to say goodbye to everyone and Caleb took us to the airport. 

I just really love Kim and Caleb and their cute kids. They are such a great family and I want to be a better person and mother when I'm around her. I'm so grateful she's my sister and I can learn from her. Overall it was quite an incredible trip and I'm so glad for the memories we made and the neat experiences we had. 

Again, pictures are out of order sometimes but you get the idea.