California 2 Hotel Phnom Penh

... of which weighing 25 carats.The gold Buddha reputedly weighs 90 kg of solid gold.The epic of the Ramayana is also depicted here.<br><br>The National Museum displays many ancient Khmer artifact and stone carvings some taken from Angkor Wat.You can take your camera in but not allowed to take photograph.The Museum is not in the same complex as the Palace.<br> <br>Please see photographs of some of the buildings within the Palace ground.<br><br>Next stop: Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam<br>

... with hitler easily. there was a horrific stupa full with skulls met on entry. they were the skeletons of bodies they'd found in the mass graves. men , women and children buried alive, executed then buried, and the one that really gets me, beaten against trees until they were dead and then buried in mass graves. it was herendous. everyone was so quiet as they walked around and read about the appalling behaviour of ...

... like breads sprinkled with sesame seeds are the perfect accompaniment to a newspaper and the wonderful breeze that comes off of the lake.<br> <br><br> Lately I've had the occasional visitor, turns out Sokum goes to the same cafe sometimes after classes so we've had several pots of tea together and talked about teaching and development in Prey Veng. Scott even comes around sometimes before lunch and when it's not raining we buy some food from the market and ...

... moesten we een slokje uit het glaasje nemen en het doorgeven. En we aten wat van de kip, rijst en bananen (ik imiteerde maar wat de rest deed want had natuurlijk geen idee wat ik moest doen). Daarna werden de stokjes met touwtjes aan alle andere gasten gegeven en iedere gast nam een stuk of 10 van de touwtjes. Ze begonnen de mensen die aan het tafeltje hadden gezeten de bandjes om hun polsen te knopen. Zo ook mij. Het zijn hele dunne witte touwtjes en de gasten ...

... and books) and who won't take no for an answer. Today was a necessary but very discomforting experience. We had decided that we ought to respect the fact that Cambodia has gone through a lot of **** (to put it lightly) in the last 40 years, and so should go to the Killing fields and S-21 to be informed on it and not ignore the historical sides to the places we are visiting. If you don't know already, and I didn't, look up the Khmer Rouge on ...

Back to Alice. We overslept which meant a pretty jam-packed afternoon. First we went to the Vietnamese Embassy to get visas for the departure the next day (as last minute as ever!). The Embassy was actually closed, but for a little extra backshish the security guard managed to magic us some visas. We then went to S-21 where Pol Pot's regime held and tortured their detainees: peasants, interlectuals and anyone who ...

... 20,000 people that entered only 7 survived.....madness. Its incredible to think that the things that happened in this godforsakken place happened so recently and that many of the perpetrators are still alive and have yet to be bought to justice for their crimes against humanity- a sad day.<br><br>This was our last day in cambodia, it was a brief but most fantastic few days, the countryside and people of this country are truely stunning. <br><br>