A must see as a tourist…though I wished we’d gone to Siem Reap first because many of the statues that were “recovered” from the temples were exhibited at the National Museum.
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I don’t think I need to go into the descriptions…I believe the photos say it all.
Phnom Penh was…..gritty. The recovery phase (I mentioned earlier) is still in motion. You could tell people were survivors…and the NGO activity is the highest I’ve ever experienced. It’s not like I didn’t feel safe – but you could tell ALOT was happening behind closed doors. This is where I first read about Somaly Mam […]
As I was putting all the images together I realized there’s alot of territory i’ll cover in the proceeding posts. Decided to break them down according to city (Phnom Penh/Siem Reap) then within that the little activities I did. Overall Cambodia was certainly a country of extremes in every sense of the word. What pinpointed […]
Have to say – this was the easiest city to navigate around. Once arriving I definitely got a hefty sense of “tourism” – much more than in Yogya. The airport was super clean and everyone was super nice…well – that’s because there was that ASEAN protest that occurred the week before. The Thai government was […]