Wanna shoot a cow with a bazooka?

We've had what seems to be endless downtime. Since midday Friday we have seen every sight in Phnom Phen and still have all of tomorrow off. Today was another interesting adventure, still battling jet lag I was up and rearing to go at around 3am so I forced myself to sleep at least another 3 hours. It feels funny after coming straight out of medical school being accustomed to having very little time for sleep and here being inundated with it. After my ritual walk/breakfast I met up with Brent and Lori and we were being persuaded by our host to spend $500 to go shoot a cow with a bazooka ($100 for the rocket, $300 for the cow, and $100 in . Although VERY tempting we passed and decided to check out the Russian Market. It was great! Everything and anything you could possibly want for cheap (if anyone needs anything for cheap just ask [16g USBs $20, iPhones, etc])! We stopped for some food in the hottest part of the market and after lunch I decided that I wanted a haircut, 1 hour and 3 women later I was finished, soaked to the bone in sweat and a crowd had gathered to watch what I assume would be called the "three little women cut hairy giant's head" show. After a quick siesta back at the hostel we set out to eat at the Banana Boat. It was a quaint restaurant but we somehow managed to "sit" at the only table that had no seats (arab style). We think the waiters smiled/laughed at us every time they passed because we looked so awkward. The food was raw but good. Next, we roamed the streets of Phnom Phen at night and discovered that the city comes alive at night. The whole city is lit up like Christmas, and there are large groups of people dancing together everywhere. It looked, at first, like they were doing group aerobics but as we drew nearer you could hear the music. The rest of the night was spent sitting on the lawn in front of the royal palace and people watching. It was a good day..