Of all the things.

Of all the shops and sights in Phnom Penh, Claire and I today succeeded in finding what is quite possibly the only thrift store in Cambodia. Needless to say we had the BEST DAY EVER. We bought about 4 kilo's of stuff each (we measure our purchases in mass now that we have to carry them everywhere) and it was only $7 for each of us! We spent 2 hours in this little store, running up and down the aisles of clothes, dressed up in god knows what and having a ball. We got tops, skirts, jumpers (Claire; Well I am going to uni in Melbourne and it's cold there...") and a bathing suit each. Hopefully tomorrow we can get a few snaps and show you all what we got! The day didn't start out too great, our grand plans of a sleep in were shattered when Claire's Dad called at 6:30, but soon we were up and bustling around, chugging down our morning coffees. A little too quickly though, I managed to throw up again. Yes, it has become a regular occurance for some reason! Lovely. After our shopping, we went back to this cute little frozen yoghurt place on the river front, and watched the boat races from the second storey. So incredible.
Yesterday we went to see the S-21 prison/ genocide museum. I can't even begin to explain what that was like. We had been reading books and studying the history of the place as well as talking to other people who had been, but nothing could prepare us for what we felt as we walked in. Halfway through the tour we were both crying our eyes out as we tried to wrap our heads around everything that happened. But it's like trying to understand whats at the end of the universe. Freaking impossible. The thing that got me was the look in the eyes of every person in the images that lined the walls. Hundreds and hundreds of mug shots of prisoners and Khmer Rouge fighters. They all had this haunting look of sadness, fear and defeat, and their eyes were just piercing into you. I could barely look at them, the same look repeated in every single face, from babies to the elderly. It's making my skin prickle just thinking of it. It definitely made us realise how insignificant all our problems are, and how pointless it is for people to bitch and fight about nothing. I have never appreciated the simple existence of my friends and family more. Love you all :)