Phnom Penh Travel Blogs - Page 6

This was my first out of the country trip and it was a blast travelling with my BFFs Eury, Ruby and Jenneth. :D

 After our first nightmarish experience of taking a bus journey in Cambodia, you could forgive us for being apprehensive about our next drive to the countries capital, Phnom Penh. Although it was only scheduled to last 6 hours, we were not best pleased to be facing another journey just 4 days …

After seeing a picture of one of the faces at bayon temple when I was a kid, I've always wanted to go to Angkor. It was worth the wait....

I would say, I am glad we passed through PP before heading to Angkor. The Royale Palace is magnificent. It is designed with taste. This is classy compared to the colorful Grand Palace. Though this is by far, smaller in scale. We were guided by a very nice lady, whose name I forgot already. We were …

Now this is about as heavy a day of sight-seeing as I think I'm ever likely to do.  The evening before I had booked in a day tour that would go to both the Killing Fields and S-21 concentration camp in the morning, then various palaces/museums/etc in the arvo. Suffice to say whatever was seen …

a heartbreakingly eerie place which has experienced so much suffering. We owe it to the victims of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge to never forget the genocide in Cambodia between 1975-79. 1.5 million of Cambodia's 8 million inhabitants lost their lives.

I nervously joined dozens of other travelers at the pier in Phnom Penh early yesterday morning, and crowded on to the overloaded boat that would take us all for the 6-hour journey up the Tonle Sap river. Dozens of people hanging from the railings above, while I sat below clutching my backpack…

Pouring down rain--didn't do a video clip until after dark.  I'll upload  a  picture of the market instead.  Too many creepy looking old white men skulking about.  Loved the bus ride across the countryside... it's the rainy season and it seems like the entire coun…

In the summer of 2007, my siblings and I embarked on a three week journey through parts of Southeast Asia. Our travels began in Bangkok, Thailand and took us through Cambodia and Vietnam, unfortunately missing Laos due to time contraints.

Like the first horror film you ever saw, the Toul Sleng Museum of Genocide is an experience you never forget.Having bought my ticket I went to the nearest row in a U shaped block of institutional buildings. The scrappy pamphlet in my hand told me this place was once a school, before the Khmer Rouge…

One of the highlights of my whole trip was the journey down Tonle Sap and the Mekong on the fast passenger ferry.  A lot of the photos here were taken from the roof.The day started earlier than it needed to so that the taxi could take us to a cafe and we could spend more money, and then we arr…

My best trip . . .. . .

Start 24 september 2006 ends 6 oktober 2006

Phnom Penh has loads of beautiful temples, lots of friendly people and interesting food.  The monuments and museums to the Khmer Rouge are difficult but a necessary experience.

We took the bus from Battambang to Phnom Penh and stayed at the Narin Guesthouse.  It was quite basic but it was cheap and the attached restaurant had some fairly nice food.We visited the Tuol Sleng S-21 Museum which showed the horrific crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge which was interesting…