River-Star Hotel Phnom Penh
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185, Sisowath Quay, (Corner of Street 118) Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 855-23-990501
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An 4 hour flight before our actual journey into the Land of Khmer from Shanghai starts. By the time we arrived, it was already night time and raining. Luckily, we have arranged for someone from the hotel to come pick us up from the airport. The airport was unexpectedly modern and clean, kind of reminded me of the Budget Terminal in Singapore actually. As we walked out of the airport, there were tonnes of drivers already standing by to pick up their guests. Within 30 sec, I spotted my card (ca...
Phnom Penh, Cambodia agnesquek
Rise and Shine... (with neckache and backache that is, the bed at River Star wasnt exactly comfy). I tiptoed into the balcony ready to greet the clear blue sky but I was wrong. :( Instead all I could see was massive huge clouds hanging as low as they could possibly get in the sky and of course road glistening with dampness, looked like it had rained again. [The September and October are the wettest months in Cambodia. There will be at least one torrential downpour everyday especially in the l...
Phnom Penh, Cambodia agnesquek
2am '' Quick where's your watch? What time is it? Where's the light switch?" Today we are still on Australian time, this means that 2am is actually 5am, so our body clocks were telling us that it was time to wake up and enjoy our first full day abroad. 5 am and we went for a wonder, just cruising around checking things out. Amazed of the amount of locals that were still awake and the amount sleeping on benches or at bus stops (and this is Malaysia) The guest house that we stayed at must actua...
Phnom Penh, Cambodia james_lisa
Departing Koh Phangnan was sad as we had had such a good time there. Phuong, Cat and I took the overnight ferry from Koh Phangnan to Suratthani..it was what I imagine being a refugee would be like..we were stuffed into the ferry and had our own little mattresses to sleep on (ewww) and windows which we opened for ventilation..it was about a 6 hour ride and I had a bit of trouble falling asleep because if you moved you were on top of the person next to you. After we got to Suratthani at 530am, ...
Phnom Penh, Cambodia tracykins
May 5, 2007 Today we traveled by bus from Battanbang to the capital Phnom Penh. Air conditioned first class bus fare was $22 for both of us. The road is improved and the trip is reasonably comfortable. We checked the rooms in a couple of cheaper hotels before we settled on the River Star Hotel with a room overlooking the Tonie Sap River. The rate of $29 is slightly high but the room is very clean and there is a lift to our third floor room. We aren't suffering here. May 6, 2007 Today we take ...
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We took a very long bus ride to the capital and started the search for a place to stay. It was just as hot as Siem Reap and though the first room we found was stifling and hot, we figured the rest were the same and took off to explore the city. We rushed off to see the Russian Market only to get there just before it closed down. Since it had been a long day we decided to watch the sun set over the riverfront. We thought the ...
... the windows as money, and what passes as food in these parts, were exchanged. Another car, another wave of attack.
Cambodia has rather a reputation for being pretty full on with the hawkers. You don't have to look too far into its past to realise why. The poverty here is extreme.
My journey over the border was very smooth. Which is more than can be said for the roads. Having had a cold in Saigon, I was worried that I would get stopped at the obligatory swine flu ...
... how many people I saw missing an eye, arm/s, leg/s, or any combination.
We wanted to spend time in Phnom Penh to see some sights from the Khmer Rouge. For anyone who doesn't know, the Khmer Rouge was led by a man named Pol Pot. He came into power in Cambodia in 1975. Over his 5 years of ruling, his regime murdered 3 million innocent Cambodian men, women and children. He started with anyone with an education (doctors, lawyers, teachers ...
... to save victims of trafficking for sexual exploitation. It's a gut-wrenching read – but worthwhile, Cambodia has the highest rate of AIDS in
Southeast Asia and mostly due to prostitution and the sale of young girls (some only 6 years old). You can find out more atwww.afesip.org.
Rant over. For the rest of the day we headed back to Huxleys and sat on the balcony as a torrential rainstorm rolled in.
... cattle lorry', and it was, you know. But instead of Bovine lifers, walking the Green Mile to get an air bolt forced through its nut, it was full of children. But the funny thing was, that all these kids were clinging to the inside of the caged container that made up the back of this lorry. They were clinging on in a sort of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdrome way, "Two men enter, one man leaves..." They all looked out through the bars and I thought 'Is that the only way to protect kids in ...
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