The Pavilion Phnom Penh

... . Our plan is to fly via Singapore to Siem Reap first where we will spend 4 nights at The Pavillon Indochine, then onto Phnom Penh for 3 nights staying at The Pavilion and then onto Kep for 6 nights to stay at The Verandah, a quick stop for two nights in ...

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 ...

... time to grab some soup. Craig's stomach was acting up a bit so he watched Efren slurp down the soup. The 1 hour flight to Phnom Penh departed on time, and the flight was nearly empty which makes us wonder for how long Air France will service this route. ...

We arrived tired and exhausted in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia late in the evening after a long day of traveling. BUT, you couldn't wipe the smiles off of all of our faces because the temperature was in the low 30's and we all felt warm for ...

... 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 ...

... been lavishly preserved. Set on the only ‘hill’ in the city (altitude 27 metres!), it is the legendary spot where Phnom Penh was founded in 1373 by a lady who used it to house four Buddha statues that she recovered floating in the Mekong. Her ...

... the Khmer Rouge, and her and her mother went into hiding - her Mother died of disease.  The whole story is horrific - and very sad. Good experience coming here - I wont forget Phnom Penh, its history and its French influences.  ...

... , dogs, cats and chickens keep them company. Siem Reap Province is one of the poorest areas in Asia but as we move towards Phnom Penh I think it becomes less poor. But it is all very relative.... I was talking to one of our security boys this morning. He ...

... food cooking course!  By the time we headed out from the restaurant, we had signed up for a class tomorrow! Here in Phnom Penh, there were pretty much no identifiable taxis... only tuk-tuks.  The tuk-tuks look a little different here.  ...

Phnom Penh feels like a big city with very busy streets, similar to Delhi but with less use of the car horn and almost no hassle apart from the odd Tuk Tuk asking if you want to go any where. The hotel was a little gem, lovely grounds with a pool and more ...

... . 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 ...

... in to the Hudson in NYC that morning, so confidence was not at an all time high! The flight was fairly uneventful and we landed in Phnom Penh at mid-afternoon where we got our visas. At the exit we were met by a guy from Me Mates Place who took us in his ...

... .  The victims were mostly adult men, but also included many women and children.  I saw photos of happy citizens of Phnom Penh welcoming the Khmer Rouge as liberators when they entered the city in 1975, and then I saw photos of torture victims ...

... as a symbol of the Kingdom. It was first established at its present location when the capitol was moved from Oudong to Phnom Penh in 1866 under King Norodom and the French protectorate, though the Palace did not attain its current general form until ...