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Phnom Penh, 16 - 19 April, 2009
After the two very hard days we had on a boat (getting to Battambang) and bouncing round in a tuk-tuk (checking out the countryside the day before leaving Battambang), we were happy to have a straightforward 5 and a half hour bus ride on a good road to Phnom Penh! Its a big and busy city located where the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers meet. It seems …
Phnom Penh
After a long trip, we finally arrived in Phnom Penh. This city is unbelieveably hectic--more motos than cars, no traffic lights, and no road rules. Getting around town is pretty exciting. We only had about 24 hours in the city, so we packed in as much as we could. We spend most of our time at the museums around town documenting the Khmer Rouge …
The main city
Pas d'éternalisation à Siem Reap cette fois. Il faut que dire que la vie a repris son cours là-bas et du coup, la ville est bien moins calme et paisible que durant les inondations.
Direction la capitale cambodgienne:
Peste, mon sac est tout mouillé et sent le poisson pas frais à notre arrivée
Ho comme cette ville ne m'inspire …
Phnom Penh
We spent a couple of days in Vientiane, which, to be honest is not the most exciting tourist destination in the world, which was just as well as we were a bit tired. We weren't sure what our next move should be. The original plan was to continue getting buses through Laos and enter Cambodia from the north but this would have taken a long time and …
French Knickers, the gym and Christmas!
... on the move!!! Haha! Bloody Cambodian power cuts, was in the middle of my work on the computer and off it goes! I think they do it deliberately sometimes to save power, happens all over the city! So annoying!!! So decided to get myself to the gym, there's a nice one really close to us for 3 dollars 50 a time... They don't have air con but they have fans which is good enough....had myself a very good work out....was very sweaty! Could only do cycling, cross trainer and walking ...
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