Silver Pagoda 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 …

21/2 KILLING FIELDS
FIRING RANGE - 20$ 30 ROUNDS OF AK47
13$7 ROUNDS COLT 45
GO KARTING
10$ 15 LAPS (C 15 MINS)
TAXI DRIVER - HAN
20$ DAY TOUR
WAT PO &SILVER PAGODA
6000 RIEL TO 60 BT TO 1£
TOTAL SPEND 220 +60=280$ …

Phnom
Penh, is the capital and largest
city of Cambodia.
Located on the banks of the Mekong
River, Phnom Penh has been the national
capital since the French colonized Cambodia,
and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial
activities, as well as the center of security, politics, economics …

Arriving in Phnom Penh, you feel as though you've fell back in time about 30 years.

Not to say that the city isn't full of life, it's quite the opposite to that. But through all the markets, temples and tuk - tuks, there's still remnants of a tragic past.

Here, we explored the history of Cambodia between 1975 and 1979, or as the …

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 …

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! …

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 …

Leaving Korea was exhausting, so much so I barely noticed when the plane touched down. After a year of teaching English at a hogwan in South Korea, two of my friends and me finally started the adventure we'd been talking about for the last six months. Talking, fantasizing, and stressing over- after all coordinating a Southeast Asia trip …

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 …

... ! They even banned victims from crying when they were whipped. Lastly we visited the Royal Palace with the Silver Pagoda. It's hard to understand how Cambodia can be home to such decadence, when many live in relative poverty, but that's the way it ...

... Palace which they only allowed us to go into 2 buildings and no pictures could be taken inside. Then we went 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 ...

... 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 there are 5000!!! and i ...

... 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 similar to the palace ...

... 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 ...

... 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. Nice place for a ...

... for some sort of official function as we arrived.   Perhaps the most stunning, and ostentatious, part of the palace is the Silver Pagoda. The entire floor of this massive building is made of over 1000 solid silver tiles, each weighing over 1kg. We ...

... 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, ...

... in the centre for £4. We then walked all the way down the front, had a bite to eat and visited the Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda (both from the outside) plus the other main monuments (liberation and independence) and main Wats. We did a bit of ...

... the Independence Monument and Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument, our final stop was at the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda. An iconic sight in Phnom Penh it has sadly suffered an unreasonable hike in price over recent years as tourism has boomed. ...