Mekong Palace Hotel
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Happy New Year to Cambodia
We'd done some research for hotels for our arrival in the Cambodian capital, and struggled to find anywhere that sounded excellent. So, we opted for one on that was well located on the river. However, our room smelt stale and although the air con unit seemed to work, the room certainly wasn’t getting any cooler... We soon changed rooms, and …
To the capital to stay this time!
After swapping buses on the two previous occasions in Phnom Penh it was nice to get out of the bus station this time and see a bit of the place. After escaping the now routine pack of moto drivers we opted to walk to the riverside and search for a hotel. The main trouble we had was everything was either double the price then everywhere else in …
Bamboo Bridges & Bicycles
We took our first public bus today to Kampong Cham which wasn't too bad. I got stuck sitting beside a quiet but slightly creepy Cambodian man who was missing a finger and had really long fingernails. A little bit uncomfortable at times but it wasn't a long journey so I was ok. The buses were actually quite roomy, with great air conditioning and …
Pearl of Asia
On the road again. This time we headed to Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital. Phnom Penh was world away from what we expected it to be, given that we had the impression that Cambodia was less developed than Vietnam. On the contrary, Phnom Penh had all the trappings of a modern city, with busy traffic, hoards of people, however it did have 'tuk tuks&# …
The Killing Fields
So it has taken us time to return to the old blog and much will be revealed over the next few entries as much has happened....
Phnom Penh is a city that has both shocked us and at the same time had an intriguing energy to it. A real example of the dichotomy of the previous regime mixed with a country gaining it's new place in history.
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TravelPod Member ReviewsMekong Palace Hotel Phnom Penh
“great hotel, ideal location”
Reviewed Feb 2, 2011
great hotel, ideal location next to the mekong!
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“Good stay”
Reviewed Jan 12, 2011
Nice hostel but slightly overpriced. Good area and staff were very nice. Would stay again.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.
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