Royal Palace Phnom Penh

Today we went to the Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda. The royal palace was beautiful the buildings were similar to those in Laos. The King still lives in part so you can only go in certain buildings. In the silver pagoda the floor tiles are all pure silver- it was amazing. Most of it has rugs on these days to protect it. It was a really …

Arriving at Phnom Penh we negotiated a tuk-tuk with another backpacker to get to our hotel as it was really, really hot to walk and we didn't know where to go exactly. We’d booked the hotel on the day before and it was quite cheap for a double room.

Phnom Penh is a really beautiful city. It’s organized and very golden, much …

On leaving Sihanoukville I headed back along the same costal road from which I had arrived to Kampot. I had already passed through the small, sleepy town of Kampot when I’d been staying in Kep, and the town held little need for further exploration. Much like Kep, Kampot is architecturally dominated by its French past, with rows of French, …

Unfortunately we didn't have the best start to Phnom Penh! The night before we were due to leave Siem Reap I (ellie) came up with a very high fever and was very sick, so we had to go the the 24hour clinic. Got all dosed up with a million antibiotics but still had a pretty sleepless night. The bus to Phnom Penh was supposed to pick us up at 7.30, …

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 …

No need for the wake up call we ordered - but never had....as it's the final day of the wedding which is being held across the road and the Ali Barber style music begins at 5.30am, yes you read it correctly. Our windows are shut our ear plugs are plugged yet it still booms through.

Mr Blue picks us up on time and drops us off at the bus …

A really great hotel which is close to the Royal Palace, The Riverside and with easy access to other attractions …

Arrived Phnom Penh and grabbed a tuk tuk to our hostel which was out of the centre of the city but we had ace noodles – that looked like short worms, then we got our heads down busy day tomorrow!! In the morning we met up with some guys from our boat trip there hotel in town was ****, they turned up at ours in the night as if by chance!! So …

The 3^rd Capital city on our tour and a visit that will be remembered for three things; the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek, Tuol Sleng Museum (S-21) and Chris firing an AK-47 under very close supervision!


A brief visit in general, Phnom Penh served as a mid-way point for us between the Temples in Angkor and the beaches of …

... , but the museum curators have covered it in carpet (bit of a let down). The palace grounds twinkle in the sunlight, there's gold everywhere. Phnom Penh sometimes gets badmouthed by fellow travellers but I think it's a top class place mixing history ...

... from fruit, meat to haircuts. Which you can see I find a barber and Darcy took the pictures.   Today we went to the Royal Palace which they only allowed us to go into 2 buildings and no pictures could be taken inside. Then we went to the Silver ...

... piece and have avoided being shot for the time being at least! Today confidence was being restord we had a great day visiting the Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda which got its name due to the silver tiled floor (each tile weighing 1kg) of which ...

... and started running cross-border raids into Vietnam, who thanks to the US were not in a good mood and promptly invaded Cambodia, booting the genocidal bastards out of power. They continued to be a problem for the next few decades, carrying out an ...

... had a nice lunch at Cafe Yejj which is part of a project to empower disadvantaged young people. Followed by a visit to the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda which are in pristene gardens and the temples themselves are in great condition. It is all very ...

... 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 ...

... wrong! Phnom Penh is nothing at all like the modern and cosmopolitan Bangkok. There is nothing flashy and fancy about Phnom Penh - even its royal palace is not as beautiful and grand as Bangkok's. Phnom Penh had been destroyed during 'Year Zero' and ...

... to be able to see things clearly again, my eyes are around 90% back to normal now.   This morning I visited the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda. The Royal Palace is a 20th century Khmer complex of temples, museums, royal quarters and gardens. ...

... 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, ...

... it.     The main sights in Phnom Penh that we wanted to see were the Genocide Museum, Killing Fields and Royal Palace. Not exactly the most jolly collection of attractions but very much a part of Cambodian history and things not to be ...