Wat Ounalom Phnom Penh

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 …

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 …

Small airports are nice! We were the only flight at the time, so there was no lineup at the "Visa on Arrival" counter and no lineup at customs. There was no need to pre-order my visa online after all.

Once I got out of the airport, I immediately realised South East Asia is every bit as hot and sticky as advertised, even in winter! I am in …

We decide to pay a little extra for a Giant Ibis bus from Sihanoukville to Phnom Pehn. €9, 5hrs, 2 movies, A/C and wi-fi. Not bad. Phnom Penh is a huge city with a very spread out 'centre'. The street numbering is all over the place and there's no public transport. Motorbikes, tuk-tuks and walking so. We go with Me Mates Place on 90th St next …

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We have travelled from Saigon to Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia in a public bus for about 8 hours. The journey would not have been at all bad were it not that the 'hostess' clearly enjoyed trance-like disco music adn …

... and said a blessing, then smiled goodbye as we left the peaceful sanctuary to explore the ornately painted monastery. Wat Phnom, on Phnom Penh's only hill, was much less peaceful. It was a bustling and noisy little temple alive with worshippers. ...

... on Friday and Saturday nights. The city has several impressive wats (temple-monasteries), including Wat Ounalom (headquarters of the Cambodian Buddhist patriarchate) and Wat Phnom (the hilltop pagoda which gave the city its name) and the newly painted ...

Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Dave and I arrived in Phnom Penh just as the light was fading in the evening. We were dropped off at the bus company's ticket office, right in the middle of a busy and crazy market! Within milliseconds of stepping off the bus, ...

... hang out. As a natural result, it is also where all pimps/tuc tuc drivers do business. My last stop for the day was Wat Ounalom, the headquarters of Cambodian Buddhism. Although the complex was vast and many monks lived here, it was nothing impressive ...

... in Bangkok... !  We continued on in our tuk-tuk to the Foreign Correspondence Club for an afternoon cocktail - stopping at Wat Ounalom for a few quick photos and some monk sightings.    We also visited Wat Phnom which is set on a ...

... stuff, then walked around Phnom Penh (a stupid thing to do really, crossing the road is lethal..) and saw a couple of Wats. Wat Ounalom seemed to be a working Wat more interested in teaching buddhism than in tourists - which to be honest, makes a ...

... , and not so long ago, history of Cambodia. Arranged my Visa for Lao (40$) and got my camera fixed (45$). Saw Wat Ounalom and Wat Phnom - blinking, colourful lights around the Buddha statue - as well as the National Museum - worth a visit, because of the ...

    Boa noite, amigos navegantes !     Adentramos o Cambodia chegando a uma Phnom Penh quase saariana em seu calor inclemente, bem parecido com o Rio no verão. A capital, com seus quase 1,5 milhão de habitantes, ...

... torture equipment depicted is sitting in the next room. We went back to Friends afterwards for lunch. After lunch we headed for Wat Ounalom which is a large monks complex nearby. Sadly Stewart wasn't feeling too well so we then went back to the Hotel ...

... cities in the north and south though. So the time had arrived to move on, we packed up ready for our 6 hour journey to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. We woke up at 6:30 after only having 4 hours sleep. Wasn't a wise move. We headed to our coach and ...