Happy new year y'all! One very very important thing I forgot to add about last night was that grandma and I got to call mom and Eric and ken and talk to them! So special. Miss you all!
So today in Cambodia is a Holy day. People aren't required to work and the streets weren't so busy. We started off our day later than the past two (PTL) at 8:00. Our first stop was a "floating" village. Since we're in the dry season the houses aren't actually floating right now. They're all on stilts and on the river so when all the rain comes they basically have to travel by boat. This experience was amazing though. All the houses looked so cool together. And we had the opportunity to walk through the village! (This was not apart of the original plan). While we were in the boat a lady came beside us in her boat. She was selling various snacks, books, and pencils. Grandma bought some books and pencils for the school kids in the village. We handed them out to the kids and man, what an amazing experience. They all come running up to you wanting some paper and a pencil. Some send their younger siblings to do the work.
To me, this is what traveling is about. Getting to see how "normal" people live their lives in that country. We were able to walk throughout a typical village where people barely had any money, food, or clothing. It was just such a cool experience. They formal schools didn't have class today since it was a holy day. But there was kind of a make shift classroom underneath a roof with some benches. The kids were learning English and were able to practice with us Americans. I met this beautiful girl
And I can't remember her name because it's just so hard here. But her English was great and she was asking me all kinds of different questions.
So amazing. And the most incredible thing is that God knows these precious children by name. He knows the whole village by name. How absolutely incredible. So that was just the morning!
We ate at a place that was near the river and of course they had great food. We haven't really been to place where we experienced bad food. After this we went to a couple shops, a silver shop and an antique shop.
Then we went to the silk farm! We learned how they raise the worms, how they produce silk (from mulberry tree leaves), how they spin the silk, and how they make beautiful things out of the silk. It was all very interesting and it inspired me to start a silk farm of my own. I mean, it can't be that hard right?
There are dead worms inside of those.. Also the white stuff is silk.
Spinning the silk off of the cacoons.
Now weaving it! Very beautiful. (Mom this can be your job). :)
After looking in the shop for a bit, grandma and I decided to get some ice cream. Yummmmmm. We thought Ken and Eric might be a little jealous so we had to take a picture.
We headed home after this, went to a restaurant we went to a couple days ago for dinner, then headed back to the hotel. We had to pack up all our stuff tonight because our plane leaves to go back to Phenom Penh tomorrow! Hard to believe the aren't in Cambodia for much longer!
••Lauren••
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