| Page Views: 502 Last Visit to Phnom Penh: August, 2002 | Phnom Penh by bellatrix - last update: Mar 28, 2003 |
| Riverfront of Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Phnom Penh is a relatively quiet Asian city. The riverfront is lined with palm trees and nice old colonial style buildings painted in soft pastel colors, and the city has lots of wide tree-lined boulevards and a few gold-encrusted temples here and there. |
|  | Like Bangkok, I find it hard to really get a sense for the boundaries of the city, however. It's flat and doesn't have many distinguishing landmarks; it's really just a massive sprawl of tenements that seems to go on forever. How I know I'm in Cambodia is that only the major roads in the city are paved - even in the capital, most of the smaller roads are potholed-filled dirt (or mud, if it's raining) ones! Unbelievable. I hope I get a chance to visit Cambodia again in 10 years or so, I'm sure it's going to be completely different. |
|  | I really enjoyed visiting the national museum, which has many Angkorian reliefs and statues of Buddhas and Hindu goddesses from the 12th century and earlier. The splendor of the royal palace was a treat as well. I lingered in Phnom Penh longer than I planned to, enjoying the laid-back atmosphere of the city and the good company of my new friends. |
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globetrott Sun Jun 29, 2003 23:08 UTC that restaurant-project for street-kids sounds great... and an Austrian chef is ALWAYS a good choice anyway !! ;-)) | pmarshuk Fri May 9, 2003 14:02 UTC Very nice pics which go a long way to showing the charm of Phnom Penh | MEdelmann Sat Apr 5, 2003 10:14 UTC Very useful information and great photographs! | manoj252 Sat Mar 29, 2003 10:10 UTC good information to have before visiting |
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