La Parranda Phnom Penh
No. 207, St. Mao Tse Toung, Sangkat Toul Svay Prey II, Khan Chamkamorn Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Welcome to Cambodia. New year, new country!
... in. Inside it was a beautiful compound with lots of ornate artefacts on display. In one section was a pagoda with a floor tiled with solid silver. There was an artificial hill in the middle, housing a small temple with a glass display case. Inside the display case was, allegedly, one of Buddha's footprints. If it really was, his feet were massive, and even flatter than John's!
We finished the day by wandering up to Wat Phnom, ...
Public Bus to Cambodia
... Perhaps I said this before: My US dollars got soaked in Australia with all that rain. They got weaker and weaker as the days wore on and are wrinkled and torn. We stop to eat at the border. I do not like the food. I hope it is not a sign of things to come in Cambodia.
When we arrive in Phnom Penh we discover that another tour group – with a Cambodian leader – has taken our private van. It became ...
A City Rebuilding
... performance. The dance troupe is aligned with the Cambodian Living Arts, an organization specializing in the promotion of Cambodian arts and culture. Their goal is to Revive the Arts – to find out more refer to www.CambodianLivingArts.org. .
We were inspired by a Cambodian fashion designer who works with her local community in rebuilding their traditional silk weaving and creating hand screen printing fabrics. Talking ...
I made it here safe and sound
... and left with the key to my previous Hotel room ;-0
Right, i am off out now.. Will be back
I must say my Hotel is in a great location. Again thank you 6. I am minutes away from the Museum, Central Markets, the river, killing fields etc and it is a nice little Hotel.
This evening i took a walk to the river but it was too dark to see anything so i will go back there another day. I took a very very long stroll along the front and ...
Familiar Faces
... site, it told of the numerous horrors and atrocities that had been committed; the worst of which were at the killing tree. There were bones and clothes sticking out of the ground everywhere. The last stop on the tour was the memorial stupa, which contains over 5,000 skulls excavated from the site.
It was a strange experience walking around the site, and it was quite hard to imagine what it must have been like previously. The Vietnamese had all but demolished ...



