Phnom Penh Hotel

... 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.

... Fields, Phnom Wat og Skyggespil. Dagen startede med en hurtig omgang morgenmad inden vi drog mod Killing Fields (Choeung Ek) udenfor Phnom Penh. Stedet er den bedst kendte massegrav i Cambodja; vi voksne hørte historier om hvordan det foregik og Silje ...

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 ...

... group were up early, for we wanted to capture in early morning light the stark difference between the new and the old Phnom Penh. Where newer buildings were replacing run down slum tenements and where parks and new multistorey department building were now ...

24th to 26th of August - Phnom Penh 24th of August We left the hotel early in the morning to catch the public bus to the capital city of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. It was about 6 hours altogether. On route, we stopped at a farm where they prepare and cook ...

... calls – 4.5 hour trip - had to ask for a toilet stop - stopped at service station - yuk! Staying at Hotel Castle in Phnom Penh – around corner from river, lots of restaurants & bars Lunch of fried wontons and pizza at Riverside Cafe Went ...

... nbsp;   We arrived in Bangkok 45 minutes late. This was not a bad thing as we would have less wait for the Phnom Penh flight. While waiting in departures we wandered into a Burger King. We had not eaten fast food hardly since December. We ...

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 ...

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 ...

... , 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 - ...

Finally made it to the capital city of Phnom Penh from Siem Reap. I took a bus to get here which took about 6 hours. It started out ok but the airconditioner broke about halfway through the trip. Needless to say that the rest of the ride was not very ...

After saying goodbye to some of our tour group the remaining 5 of us plus our tour leader set off for the drive to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. I loved the drive. It was long, but I spent the time gazing out of the window, watching the world go ...

... they realised who he was.  Her brother was killed near the Thai border and his 5 children were taken back to Phnom Penh where they were killed. She was the only member of her family to survive.   The pictures at the museum ...

... pengetahuan tentang hotel, peta kota dan tempat-tempat yg akan didatangi, saya, Jens dan Thorsen sepakat untuk barengan mencari hotel di Phnom Penh.  Sampai di Phnom Penh jam 3 sore, keadaan panas dan tidak banyak gedung bertingkat. Terminal Sorya bus ...

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 ...

... , I left the baggage at the reception counter and we headed to Surya Supermarket which is the only multi story supermarket in Phnom Penh.  It is located just beside the Central Market, 10 minutes walking time from the hotel that I had stayed.  ...

... king of Cambodia fled to China during the war. When the Vietnam War ended in 1975 all the Cambodians started to congregate in Phnom Penh to celebrate and there are photos of this in the museum.  People believed that the Khmer Rouge had been fighting ...

... . The hill became known as Phnom Penh, literally, Penh's hill. The mound was enlarged and the first temple established here when Phnom Penh became a capital for the first time in 1432. The temple has been rebuilt many times over the years, most recently ...

... ‘Stupa’ which is used to hold ashes of those royals who have been cremated. Before returning to the hotel, we visited Phnom Penh Hill - Phnom meaning ‘hill’, Penh meaning ‘lady’. Some of the group elected not to join us ...