In Phnom Penh, you can find cars with steering wheels on both sides of the car. (Not the same car of course) So Naturally people tend to drive on whatever side of the road they want. Tuk Tuks (our most common form of transportation) drive into on coming traffic with no hesitation.
In Phnom Penh the side walks are not necessarily made for walking, because people don’t really walk anywhere here, but more for motor bikes to get out of traffic or motor bike parking.
In order to cross the street in Phnom Penh you slowly inch your way into the middle of the road in front of a million motor bikes and gradually make your way accross 6 lanes of uncontrolled traffic.
Tuk Tuk drivers speak only enough english to debate the cost of the ride with you, so when you get in one, it is most commonly a suprise as to where you will end up.
Here is a little story:
On Thursday James and I were going on a Bible hunt for the students in our bible study. We called the place reccomened to us by YWAM staff and they only had New Testiment Bibles. So James and I set out for an adventure.
We tried to take a Moto to the Asia Book Store, so we wrote down the address and a near by land mark to help him know where to go. We were trying to get to the O Russie Market. Our driver stopped at a familiar location that we quickly realized was the Russian Market. “Oh Well.”
So we got some lunch at the Jars of Clay Coffee Shop where one of the students in Morgan and Emilie’s group works. We asked her where a close book store might be, when a nice American man joined the converstaion. He asked us what we were looking for and we explained to him our search for Bibles. Naturally he told us to the Cambodian Bible Society. Who would have thought to look there. It just so happned that the Bible Society is in walking distance from our apartment. So James and I succeeded in our grand adventure and it was a pleasure to hand out Bibles to all the students in need.
Durring the day, we have each found individual ministries and opportunities to fill our time. I am begining a new project re-doing the scrap book for a ministry that YETI is involved in. To know what some of the other girls are doing check out Emilies blogs. http://emiliejanson.theworldrace.org/
