Phnom Penh In A Day

[britmaveric]

Booked Via Air Asia from Swampy to Phnom Penh - roughly 3000bht 1Way




Well we only had s short time in Phnom Penh so we did all the main touristy bits in a day.

Hired a lad to take us around for $30 in private aircon vehicle, spent 8hrs with us - so all and all not a bad deal. Better than the alternative annoying Tuk Tuk driver.



Decided to stay in the FCC Phnom Penh, roughly 2000bht per nite, hotel sent a driver to pick us up for $10 from the airport.



Boutique hotel had all the amenities - balcony overlooking the Mekong, in room safe, minibar, free wifi.

[britmaveric]

First Stop - Killing Fields about 20min outside Phnom Penh







Memorial filled with the victim's bones!







Many mass grave sites discovered!!

[britmaveric]

S21 School Turned Torture Prison







Cells left the same way they were found, minus the bodies - blood stains on floor.





Torture implements of the Khmer Rouge

[britmaveric]

Stop 3: Russian Market - Good place to shop and find all sorts of sundries.

[britmaveric]

Next up: The National Museum - basically full of Buddha(s) found and saved from around the country including the Angkor Wat site. Some odd reason, not allowed to take photo(s) inside. (pay to be allowed for few spots inside - bit of a scam)

[britmaveric]

Last Stop: Royal Palace


















The New King of Cambodia - rumor is he is poofy!!!

[britmaveric]

What better way to end the day than with the Cambodian National Lager....

[dirtydog]

Are you holding out on us brit? No pictures of a grenade launcher and dead splattered cow

[terry57]

Good stuff.

[britmaveric]

Are you holding out on us brit? No pictures of a grenade launcher and dead splattered cow

The driver asked me if I wanted to go to the range, and I informed him I was only interested if I could blow up a cow. He informed me they stopped this a decade ago because it would hurt the cow.

[sabang]

I really must get to Cambo. Nice one Brit!

^ H'mmm I ought to red you for that, instead,.

[jandajoy]

nice thread mate.

[Lizara]

Thanks for the pics... I really like Phnom Penh.

The shooting range was fun too and provided me with a great pic to send home to my mom and grandma Didn't enquire about the cow. Didn't want to know.

[britmaveric]

I enjoyed Phnom Penh too, and I think maybe have a longer look at the capital next year for 4-5 days. We were only there for 1.5days before heading to Siem Reap and I think it wasn't enough time.

[Gabriel]

An enjoyable thread.

Kudos to the OP.

[EmperorTud]

I enjoyed Phnom Penh too, and I think maybe have a longer look at the capital next year for 4-5 days. We were only there for 1.5days before heading to Siem Reap and I think it wasn't enough time.

There's not much else to do that you haven't already done. I regularly do my visa run there and 3 days and 3 nights is enough for me. I'm usually bar hopping while I'm there but I take time to eat at a couple of decent places, grab a couple of nice wines to take home with me and buy a few books from the very reasonably priced second hand book stores.

[britmaveric]

^I know prob saw most of the touristy bits, few temples looked worth while that we missed, and over all I just enjoyed the vibe/feeling of the city. I had a lot of preconceived notions before visiting and I was pleasantly surprised by the place.

[Phuketrichard]

You came all the way to here and didn't partake of the night life??
Shame on u. Beats thailand hands down.
You actualy can carry on a converstaion with a Hostess in English, beyond, "whats ur name how long you stay and buy me drink".

Must admit thou, been here 6 months and still have not been to the Palace or Museum
I to love the vibes in this city

Next time head over to Boggies & Bacall on street 136 and take the trip with us out to the landfill and help us pass out food to thse less fortunate than ourselves

[britmaveric]

We did go to Sharky's, Martini(s), and Rose Bar just for a look see. Few nice looking birds who were really friendly, but me and the missus agreed that much prettier in thailand from the lot we saw.

[luangpohbill]

Great job. I have never been to Phnon Penh and always like having someone tell me about their visit. It doesn't look as crowded as say Bangkok. Anyone one have any photo's of the cuties there?

[Phuketrichard]

AHHH didn't know u had your sig other with ya. :-)

What i see is that the ladies here are more free and independent than the ladies in Thailand. Many go to school while working and have dreams beyond the bar. Many of those that work as Hostess do not go home with ya but are just there to add ambience to the bar. Also you see a lot more of them riding motorcyles and bicycles around.

I am sure u saw that here the ladies LOVE to color their hair while Tatoes are OUT.
Also in Thailand it is very easy to tell the BG from the regular ladies. Here very difficult

Phnom Penh is a very easy city for walking and i love spending 2-3 hours day just roaming aorund. Riverside is a great place for strolling in the evening and plenty of parks and wide Bolavards where the locals hang out in the late afternoon, early evening for games and such. Only one high rise shopping mall. No sky trains. Plenty of Rickshaws and Tuk Tuk's ( although they dont call them that) and few taxis.

Traffic is something you need to experience to believe

[Marmite the Dog]

but me and the missus

[britmaveric]

AHHH didn't know u had your sig other with ya. :-)

What i see is that the ladies here are more free and independent than the ladies in Thailand. Many go to school while working and have dreams beyond the bar. Many of those that work as Hostess do not go home with ya but are just there to add ambience to the bar.

As I stated the birds were more so friendly and chatting to a few under the watchful eye of Ms. Brit, most were going to Uni during the day. It seems Accounting and Tourism is a popular object of study. I was propositioned even by the supposed hostess(s).

One of the Barkeeps in Sharky's I was conversing wanted me to come back the next day and see her on her day off. She wasn't too popular with my lady - quickest lager I have ever drank.

I am sure u saw that here the ladies LOVE to color their hair while Tatoes are OUT.
Also in Thailand it is very easy to tell the BG from the regular ladies. Here very difficult

Well never assume anything about any lady - easily get you in trouble, so I leave those sort of games to others.

Well most likely she won't want to go next trip. (my mate alan needs a guide, and I promised her I'd do Saigon with her in trade)

[Phuketrichard]

Tell Alan i will show him around as long as he buys the drinks :-)

[English Noodles]

balcony overlooking the Mekong

I thought the FCC overlooked the Tonle Sap.