National Museum Phnom Penh

Visited Angkor National Museum. They have moved a lot of the statuary from the temples to the museums. It helps explain the origins of the temples, their conversion from Buddhism to Hinduism and back and the meaning of many of the carvings. Managed to locate Swensen's for Charlie, they only sell ice cream so a no go for lunch. Same building houses …

Ah Cambodia. Such a beautiful country but with such a sad history. We could see the difference from Vietnam as soon as we crossed the border. Not that Vietnam is different in a bad way. The land is very flat, making it ideal for farming and rice paddies which are all you can see. The countryside is beautiful, really lush with dense jungle starting …

Na onze reis tot nu toe zijn we de lokale manier van transport meer dan gewend. Het was dan ook raar dat we voor de verandering eens een goede bus te pakken kregen! De bus van Laos naar Cambodja was een VIP bus, wat inhield dat we eens ruime zitplaatsen hadden, lekker zacht konden zitten en zelfs een toilet in onze bus hadden! Heerlijk, deze luxe! …

It has taken a long time before we can post this blog, sorry! Our days are full of new impressions and experiences that we can at least keep them all written down in our little books and then share them with you.

We left Siem Reap with the Mekong Express bus to Phnom Penh at 9am. The bus drove along the lake, the landscape was decorated …

We
started our day with a city tour arranged through our driver from
Siem Reap. He recommended his brother-in-law as a tuk tuk driver and
since we liked the guy, we agreed. We found out later we could have
paid $5 less for the same tour in an air-conditioned private car with
a driver that speaks English. Add this to the long …

Phnom Penh is a super laid back fun town with an abundance of restaurants, bars, live music, and cultural sights that are not to be missed. We are staying near the Mekong River and are within walking distance to everything fun, including a movie theater with beds, couches, a cocktail server and classic American movies! We will attempt to go to the …

This morning we were up bright and early and enjoyed a very nice hotel buffet breakfast.... not as good as Siem Reap. The coffee tasted like folgers but hey I m in Asia. We met our tour guide who spoke very good English and we were off....

1. First we headed to the Royal Palace which is the place of residence of the King and Queen. It is a …

Luego de recibir nuestro timbre, pagar las visas de Cambodia y sacarnos fotos con los guardias de la frontera, retomamos nuestra travesía fluvial por el Mekong por alrededor de dos horas más, viendo búfalos, gente bañ****, etc y hasta que paramos, en medio de la nada, para cambiarnos a una preciosa van Mercedes Benz. El único problema fue que la …

We're not sure if it made the news in the U.K. but the former King of Cambodia died on 15th October 2012 whilst he was away on a state visit in China. He journeyed back into Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 17th October 2012, we journeyed into Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 17th October 2012 and the people of Cambodia also travelled to Phnom Penh on 17th October …

Today I was debating between having a day at the pool or seeing the last tourist sights that I need to visit in the city......I decide to be good and do the sights!

I get a tuk tuk up to Wat Phnom which is a temple situated on a hill at the north of the city. It is the tallest temple in the city. I spend about half an hour walking round ( …

... sizes were flying stiffly in the breeze along the waterfront. We moved on to the National Museum, a beautiful terracotta building housing treasures of Ancient Cambodia. I was interested to discover that some of the statues are still revered as ...

... to the Silver Pagoda which houses a gold Buddha with 2,086 diamonds, the largest being 25 carats (again no pictures allowed). Our last stop was the National Museum which was interesting showing the history of the Khmer artwork (again no pictures ...

... lot more about the plight the Khmer people have faced over the last few decades. From SR we made our way to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. Like Siem Reap, it was very dirty and impoverished, yet much, much bigger. During our bus ride there ...

... to hassle you, this happens all over Asia but Phnom Pehn is particularly bad.   After breakfast I walked to the National museum. Defiantly worth a visit, lots of artefacts from Angkor and some interesting pre-historic items too. Only spend a hour ...

... and silver floors, shop-houses, burning boats, and over one million Khmer people create a solid framework for a revival in Phnom Penh, the capitol of Cambodia. The rule of Pol Pot began on April 17, 1975, when Khmer Rouge combatants, mostly children, ...

... and homes, and huge photos of him surrounded by gold-looking designs at prominent spots like roundabouts! Next stop is the National Museum... Amy's not so keen having read the description in the book of many sculptures and not much information, so reads ...

... total were killed here and around 8000 human skulls are on display in a tall glass case. We spent another day visiting the National Museum, Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda (the floor is covered in solid silver tiles) - all very ornate and beautiful but a ...

... one I found a little different. Each year the King presides over a royal procession from the Palace to the grounds near the National museum, which is nearby. Laid out in the middle of the grounds are five bowls, containing rice, beans, wheat, wine and ...

... a month in Phnom Penh, and I have now see two tourist attractions! I'm ripping through them! Thankfully, the second, being the National Museum, didn't leave me with an awful feeling in my gut like the last, Tuol Sleng S-21 prison. The National museum ...

... not like the poverty in India. On the second day Danny, Parv (crazy American artist from the bus) and I went to the National Museum full of many Buddhas and relics, unfortunately some of the information was a little sparse. One card that stood out ...