Toul Tum Poung Market (Expat Known as Russian Market)
Sihanouk Ville - Market
Toul Tum Poung is one of the busiest market in PP City selling mostly clothes for both men and women, hand-made products like silvers and wooden products, CD, VCD, DVD and lots more to choose from.
Cambodian rarely mention or come to get their daily need from this market. However, it is very popular for visitors and tourists who come to visit cambodia. Toul Tum Poung Market for them known as “Russian Market“, where expats come to buy stuffs mostly khmer-hand made products and clothes.
For those who experienced coming over once to this market, they will likely to come back again with a list of thing that they want to buy. I knew some people whenever they visit Cambodia, they always make one morning or afternoon just to walk around and get stuffs they need from this market.
For them, Russian market is the cheapest place to go. Example, if they buy CD or DVD in Australia it would cost around $20 per DVD. But here, you can find it at $2 per DVD only. How cheap is the world selling DVD at this price, I must buy it more even though it is not original but at least in good quality where I can sit down and watch for ten and twenty of times.
Many times people cannot tell you why they like this market, but surely it is very interesting place to go for informal shopping. I also recommend Russian market to those who are new to Cambodia. You can see many thing display and ready for you to grab it home for your children, your husband/wife and those you care for.
Most particular about Russian market is that people or sellers at this market can speak English to you or other language like Thai, Indonesia, Malay, Chineseand more. But remember, don’t talk to them in your own language they might not be able to follow you. They can only use simple language to communicate with you selling product at their shope only, but some are very good too though.
Buying Buying Buying…
If you are coming to Russian market don’t imagine to just walk around but ready some money so you can spend for something special you will like it, I promise.
Some tips for you is to bargain the price to whatever you want to give, but I cannot guarantee how much they can offer you anyway. You can just try it. Because this market is for expat and many expat and tourist always come to get stuffs from this market. Sellers never rip you off with high price.
Final words, get some friends along so you can exhange ideas which one you want to buy. If alone so boring and might be hard for making decision 
brenda 3:28 pm on July 29, 2009 Permalink
lol… during my stay there..i kept on hearing the “pong moan ang…” only until like a couple days before i left cambodia did i try it, quite strange to me. the only thing that i hear over here is the ice cream truck on summer days.
Piseth 3:56 pm on July 29, 2009 Permalink
Oh pong moan ang…I never want to try this one. Since I saw how they made and mixed it from their they distributed it near my friend’s house. OMG, I can’t believe, it was so dirty to eat pong ang psom kreung pi ses (horse). haha & cheers
Vutha 4:16 pm on July 29, 2009 Permalink
yes is used to hear it too. But I dont know whether you meet coco vendor who drags his cart full of coco nut also use loudspeaker too. By the way, I just met a woman who is selling mask also use loudspeaker for promoting it too hehehe. it is the hi-tech era….
Piseth 5:05 pm on July 29, 2009 Permalink
Really Vutha? I never heard coconut sellers & mask sellers use loudspeaker yet. Did you happen to hear in PP?
Vutha 8:54 am on August 4, 2009 Permalink
yes, why not? I used to meet many time in Phnom penh street. ehhee