The Quay Phnom Penh

... these days. We also spent some time at the central market    and did a few urban hikes.        One other sad thing about Phnom Penh is the poverty.  As you walk the tourist streets of PP, you see kids the age of 10 trying to make a ...

... he got a hefty commission). After checking in, we spent the rest of the day getting our bearings around the Sisowath Quay area of Phnom Penh (which runs along the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers). We quickly found that the weather had turned hot once again ...

... 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 ...

... very crowded and choked with cafes, restaurants, and bars catering to foreign tourists.  Walking up along Sisowath Quay I got to Wat Phnom, Phnom Penh's namesake and the city's oldest and most characteristic landmark.  I took a climb up to take ...

... 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 ...

... above the clouds since it was so small, it flies low to the ground, lots of turbulence, felt like a rollercoaster. arrived in phnom penh, paid $22 ($20 visa and $2 "penalty for not having passport photo") to get into country, immediately surrounded by ...

... of a gold statue. Oh how I wanted that statue. After the Palace Barry took me for a spin around Sithowath Quay, the fancy area of Phnom Penh by the riverfront. This proved to make Phnom Pehn a charming place to look around, leafy boulevards and many ...

... the hustle and bustle outside. It was hot and dusty, the streets clogged with motorcycles and pedestrians. Compared to Siem Reap, Phnom Penh was a third world city. It reminded us of Delhi, with shoeless children and scrawny dogs wandering around in the ...

... in Kompong Thom for lunch. So it takes the same amount of time as the boat and costs about 5 times less. When I arrived in Phnom Penh, I learned that there was some kind of freaky holiday going on and most businesses were closed. I had a devil of a ...

... the poverty we would see the first night, and the appalling conditions that some people lived in on the streets of Phnom Penh. Sisowath Quay by the Mekong River is lined with restaurants and bars serving seafood and imported wine for tourists and expats. ...

... in order to see A) The Killing Fields (Choeung Ek). And B) S-21 Prison (Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum). Upon arrival in Phnom Penh it was instantly noticeable how much of a difference there was between the tourist friendly Siem Reap & the bustling ...

... of the Khmer Rouge.  Either way, it’s a shame. We got back on the bus for another 3.5 hours until we got to Phnom Penh.  I thought that the time went by pretty quickly, but Dad didn’t enjoy the ride at all.  He’s still ...

Some people and websites had said to bypass Phnom Penh as there isn't anything to do there! While we didn't stay for long, I'm gald we did stay there. I wouldn't say the time there was pleasant - because of the nature of the places we visited and to be ...