Hotel Paris 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.

... kids the same skills.  It was a delicious tapas style meal.  After dinner all of us went to a swanky new hotel in Phnom Penh that looks like it belongs in the most trendy New York or Los Angeles neighborhood.  It actually reminded me very ...

Fast Facts: Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia Population = 1.5 million 1 USD = 4000 Cambodian Riel Language = Khmer Rickshaw price = 1 USD per person around town, and around 5 USD if you're going further out of town depending on miles ATMs ...

On April 10 I started the first leg of a wonderful trip:"Mekong Delta Trip Ending in Phnom Penh (2 days, one night, Cai Be - Vinh Long - Long Zuyen - Chau Doc - Phom Penh (Cambodia)**".  Bus left at  8 :15 a.m with 4 different types of ...

... with red chillies on the tarseal - I wonder how many times they get pissed off with busses running them over. We arrived in Phnom Penh early evening after finding ourselves a nice enough Tuk Tuk driver, can't recall his name so we will just call him ...

Hugh: We got the bus from Sihanoukville to the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. The journey took almost 5 hours (including a 30 minute comfort stop) although it was probably not much more than 60 miles distance! That is mainly due to the fact that almost ...

... too many bullets). Toul Sleng Toul Sleng was a secondary school that was transformed into the biggest interrogation centre in Phnom Penh. Thousands of mainly middle class Cambodians were tortured here before being sent to their death at Choeung Ek. In ...

... HOT! I never thought I would shiver in36 degree heat with the sunshine beating down on me. But walking through the killing fields in Phnom Penh is an experience that will do that to you with ease and an alarming frequency. I didn't know what to expect ...

... unterhautsam, zmindscht hei si nid mitgsunge.. Dr Boess isch am freuche Nami ziemlech am andere aendi in Phnom Penh acho. I bi de z fuess zruegg zum Hotel gloffe, ueber 6 spurigi Strasse, duer puri lokali Quartier (vorhaer aeuae no nie e Touri duere ...

... knowledge and enthusiasm for his country. We're on the way to the Killing Fields in the van from the Amanjaya Pancam Hotel in Phnom Penh. We arrived yesterday by boat, having crossed the border from Vietnam on the Mekong River, stopping on the river bank ...

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 ...

... arrived in Battambang, we were accosted by a mob of touts from 3 different hotels, but finally settled on the Royal Hotel. Battambang was a breath of fresh air. It hasn't really developed into a tourist destination. (Only since 1998 have foreigners even ...

... terrace and we had some cocktails up there before heading back. The city is actually really nice, and looks very much like Paris; big wide roads, big pavements, nice buildings etc. And I found Mango! Unfortunately, there was mostly winter wear (actual ...

... ont une fin, et encore plus lorsque l'on est sur le chemin du retour. La station de bus de Sinahouk Ville, Phnom Penh, Singapour, et pour finir Paris sont mes prochaines étapes. Je laisse derrière moi ce petit coin de paradis qui a encore de beaux jours ...

... (and subsequent confession), the prisoner and his/her family were taken to the Choeung Ek extermination centre, 17 kilometers from Phnom Penh. There, they were killed by being battered with iron bars, pickaxes, machetes and many other makeshift weapons. ...

Wednesday 2 June, 3.38pm, by the pool Although I realised Phnom Penh was scorching, I clearly didn't take it quite seriously enough. On Monday, I tried to go to Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, which is a couple of miles away from here. I say tried to go, ...

... , avec des CD buddha bar comme font sonnore et la biere a 2usd.. salaire journalier dans les campagnes... et voila phnom penh d aujourd hui 3eme millenaire.. qui vit sous perfusion internationnale.. un peu de la confection.. pas mal du trourisme.. c ...

... -car", et de toute facon on ne craint rien il n'y a pas de veaux la-bas (quoique les chameaux...) Puis retour sur Phnom Penh pour preparer notre prochaine etape le Vietnam qui je l'espere s'averera aussi interessant que le Cambodge. En effet, le bilan ...

... Bangkok longer than I'd anticipated I need to keep moving until I get caught up. If truth be told though I certainly have seen all of Phnom Penh and I like very much what I saw. Tomorrow after a four to six hour bus ride I'll arrive in Siem Reap where ...

... buffet, but especially a huge selection of tropical fruits and juices, apart from the full english. So not a bad deal. The hotel is in the South of Phnom Penh, but it's a small city centre which can be walked in about one hour from South to North, or East ...

... at the road side. We then decided to scramp from there, we hopped on the tuk tuk and headed for the lake side behind Phnom Penh Hotel, I wanted to check out a guesthouse No.9 Sister, or is it Sister No. 9. There were some quite down to earth guesthouse ...