Asia Hotel Phnom Penh

... our mid life crisis , didn't really fancy a porsche, and hair colour - pah. Starting in South America then US, Europe, India, Nepal , South East Asia then finishing in China. Hostels all the way except for the odd flash hotel that the wife insisted on.

I am absolutely blown away by the extreme poverty and poor living conditions here in Phnom Penh. I have been to numerous third world countries in Africa, Asia, and Central America, but this city is truly depressing. There is trash everywhere... The ...

... , banks, and a ferry crossing not designed for a coach as the suspension found out after making an almighty bang. We made it to Phnom Penh alive and after a quick tuk-tuk ride arrived at the Pacific Hotel  (recommended). Good room - ...

Check out the beautiful hotels Asia and I stayed in once we made it back to Phnom Penh...swimming pool was a requirement - had to bounce around to hotels that had availability, so we stayed in a different hotel each night! The Blue Lime - gorgeous pool ...

... top of a 3 metre high pile of bags of rice, precariously loaded onto the back of a lorry. Back in Phnom Penh we stayed for 4 nights in the Asia Hotel, which we chose because of it's free wifi (not working) and free breakfast (not very good). Yet again ...

... and beat up Phuong in the morning after they all laughed at us. PS: sorry no photos of this one hehehehe. While in Phnom Penh we visited the Palace and the Silver Pagoda together, then we went our seperate ways. I went onto the S21 prison for some ...

... , was die Khao San Road für Krung Thep, also Bangkok ist. Allerdings sind diese beiden Straßen nicht wirklich miteinander vergleichbar. Phnom Penh ist einfach eine andere Welt. Zwar gibt es  in der 93. Strasse viele Gaestehäuser und auch ein ...

Goldiana Hotel, web site: www.goldiana.com. We arrived in Phnom Penh today and its a busy city. We got back from the beach resort by taxi. We're staying in a nice hotel with a pool and went to see the Royal Palace this afternoon, with the Emerald ...

Well, we're back in Phnom Penh. This time, we're staying at a different hotel, called the Indochine I. It's not bad (but not great). A much better location than the last time we were here, though. I just thought I'd post a brief update. We went to the ...

... creatures -- they were petrified of this spider.!    It was back onto the boat for the 3hr trip to Phnom Penh, lots of reading, diary writing, nanna-napping and watching the local life.   Arrival into the capital was done ...

... a bit nervous, as we do not have any plans and don't know where we will be sleeping.  In true form, we arrive at the Phnom Penh airport to find many Tuk Tuk drivers willing to take us to anywhere.  We got a good taxi driver who drove us to River ...

I touched down at Phnom Penh International Airport at 1615 Cambodian Time which is GMT +7. Such a beautiful airport. Still a lot of greens around the airport with natural lotus lakes just beside the runway. Once I alighted the aircraft and came into the ...

... commission). But I must admit I'm quite a fan of this place. Below I've listed my top-10 of favourites in Phnom Penh: 1. The Royal Palace The Royal Palace of Phnom Penh is a complex of structures including a.o. the Silver Pagoda. Vaguely reminiscent ...

... ;few days on the beach, we were ready to tackle another of South East Asia's chaotic metropolis', the 'Pearl of Asia' - Phnom Penh.  After a long, drawn-out bus journey (unnecessarily long stops at remote trucker stops), we finally entered the ...

... that have A/C and wi-fi, as such places are always found under $30/night, which is well within our budget.  Phnom Penh marks the beginning of our Couchsurfing adventures in SE Asia. For those of you who arent familiar with CouchSurfing already, ...

... meal and a couple of beers were in order to celebrate both our arrival and all of the future experiences. Our first morning in Phnom Penh. Breakfast would be a treat. We ate at Le Croisette. Emma had fresh passion fruit muesli with yoghurt, while I opted ...

After all the travelling and soul searching I've decided to move back to Phnom Penh to teach English. I'm going to do a TEFL / TESOL teacher training course a company called LanguageCorps Asia www.languagecropsasia.com I chat to a few ex-pats that were ...

Paul and I arrived here in Phnom Penh last night. We landed at night, found a hotel, and went out to see what was going on in Phnom Penh on a Monday night. The first thing I noticed is that the people here are abjectly poor. It is sad, indeed. At 11pm ...

... above, Cambodia was an interesting experience. Siem Reap was the town of beautiful & unbelievable history and temples...and Phnom Penh a city overcoming sadness and a different recent history. TOWN/PEOPLE: I didn't feel safe here at night, ...

... I would say. I'll leave early in the morning at 7, and should arrive there at 13 or 14. Quite OK, I think. But back to Phnom Penh; at least I should summarize a bit my stay here. I'm really bewitched by this city. I would say that it is a little bit ...

Our last stop in Asia was Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh. We had a pleasant 6-hour bus ride from Siem Reap (I'll put in a plug for Mekong Express buses: they saw my long legs and put me in a really roomy seat at the back, they gave us food, and they were ...