Monday, April 7, 2008

Sunday trip.

On Sunday morning, I went down to Koh Thom (Big Island), a district of the province of Kandal, to visit my wife's aunt. While we were having lunch, we talked about shopping. My wife, Saram, was interested in what they were talking about, encouraged them to guide us to Vietnam to buy some goods. At one o'clock, I started the journey to Cambodia-Vietnam border. It was slightly raining, and it took us about one hour by car. Near the border region, there were two big casinos which were thought belong to top-ranking officials in Cambodia. There were many luxurious cars, such as Luxus, Camry, Benz in the casio compounds. I needed to find space to park and took a boat across the river, arrived at Long Binh market-a Vietnames name. It was raining like cats and dogs;therefore, we did not do much shopping just few pairs of clothes, oil, cakes. The problem was we don't speak Vietnames, so it was very difficult to communicate with sellers. Coming back to Cambodia's land, I filled the petrol again. It was cheaper than what I thought, 20c/litre cheaper than it was in Phnom Penh. I was in hurry to come back and join my friend's recepption ceremony. Finally, I think that it is better to speak neighboring countries' language because it can make us feel more comfortable when we are in those countries.

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