Weekending, Part 1

The Russian Market is an indoor/outdoor shopping jungle. Most shops are contained within a labyrinth of shops cramped so close together that you can barely move past another person. The goods vary from Beats by Dre and DVDs to clothing, kitchenwares, purses and bags, and figurines - the options are endless! *Note: the following two pictures are not mine. I really need to remember to take more pictures!

Looks rather innocuous from the outside.

Deep in the belly of the jungle.

Many items are Chinese knock-offs (Beats are $12, North Face backpacks are $9), and bartering is expected. 

$2 shades. For lookin' coo-oo-oo-oo-ool purposes.

$7 duffel about the size of a microwave. I love the shape of the outside pocket!

This past weekend, at least half the shops were closed due to Chinese New Year. It is widely observed in Cambodia, although many people leave the city to go home to their families in the provinces, so there wasn't as much action in Phnom Penh as I expected.

I also tried to go to the Royal Palace, but it is not fully open to the public yet after the King Father funeral. I'll head back there later when I can get the full experience. I could try to fit it in next weekend, but we are going to have a small, casual pool party of sorts with a few friends from the clinic. Here's a preview.

This was taken by my roommate, Sophie. Those are my feet on the left!

Hopefully I get some fun pictures with my underwater camera!