| Page Views: 554 Last Visit to Phnom Penh: June, 2002 | Capital of a reborn nation, left with many scars by extrajoce - last update: Jan 10, 2003 |
Grant Phnom Penh at least a couple of days On a visit to Cambodia, the obvious tourist site is Angkor, the nice and prestigious wonder of human culture. In contrast, Phnom Penh offers the real and dark side of the country, with its museums to Khmer Rouge horror, its anachronic palace, and the network of muddy and crowded streets.
It is one of the most original SE Asian capitals I have seen, because of this unique terrible past - symbolically, the population is just now back to one million like in 1975 when the Khmer Rouge came to power. This has much to do with giving the city a very special feel to it. |
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| Pros: | "Bustling urban centre with an old-fashioned atmostphere, food, monuments and Khmer Rouge legacy" | | In A Nutshell: | "A striking and heavy city, with such a violent past" |
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pmarshuk Wed May 21, 2003 15:43 UTC
Iwas there only a month ago, in the hot dry season. At least you can see how deep the potholes are then. Great page. | KiNyA Sat Apr 19, 2003 10:53 UTC
Another fantastic page! Cambodia seems fantastic! | CliffClaven Fri Jan 10, 2003 16:32 UTC
Cambodia mixes the awful and the idyllic |
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