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 Phnom Penh, Cambodia travel tales
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Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
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| E Walstedt |
27 January 2005 |
Stayed at Cambodiana Hotel - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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The restaurant by the pool serves good food with a nice view of the river (probably too hot April-June however). As early morning walk North along Sisowath Quay as the sun comes up is highly recommended.
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| D Sun |
11 January 2005 |
Stayed at Pacific - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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T & Coffee across the road about 50 yards. Great Trung coffee and cakes and crossants. Most restaurants on Sisowath Blvd are good. Great Italian restaurants.
Be prepared to pay 5 USD for short return trips from your hotel from Monivong Blvd to Sisowath quay for example.
Bargain with taxis before getting in, fix dollar charges for trips, avoid motorbike pillion riding, unsafe. Be careful crossing roads, few traffic lights; if any, the Red lights not observed, Cambodians follow the chaotic french system of driving on the wrong side of road; hazardous unruly traffic.
Cambodians are gentle friendly people, do not let your cultural expectations color your views negatively. Poverty is rife, on the opposite spectrum, extreme wealth - both equally astonishing.
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| R Brouwer |
08 January 2005 |
Stayed at Phnom Penh Hotel - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Zen Japanese restaurant is great. FCC is good to hang around. Riverside area is okay. Good City Tour. Please don't take a boat going to Seam Reap!!! Better take a taxi.
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| B Beckord |
03 January 2005 |
Stayed at Phnom Penh Hotel - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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One of the more 'hip' cities in Asia. Try Herbie's Pizza for great food and make the effort to get to the Killing Fields.
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| J Kilkenny |
31 December 2004 |
Stayed at Pacific - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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As a tourist visitor to Pnom Penh I found that this Hotel is not situated in a "touristy" area. Having said that just follow the side road from the left of the Hotel entrance (or take a ride on a Bike, Cyclo or taxi) and this will take you eventually to the river-side (10-15 min walk) where there are plenty of restaurants and bars including the famous FCC, along with the Silver Pagoda & Royal Palace. My driver (who collected me from the airport) acted as my guide and took me to the Killing Fields & the S21 interrogation centre. Both worth seeing and can easily be done in a morning. However I thought the driver was greedy (he expected $30/$75 half/full day), so bargain hard.
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| A Machado |
30 December 2004 |
Stayed at Cambodiana Hotel - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Phnom Penh is a pleasant and dynamic city, much smaller than HCM City. One day should be enough to visit the National Museum, and the Royal Palace, visit the killing fields (not a good feeling at all), go to the markets to have some local snacks and ice coffee, to go the FCC for a drink and to a French restaurant if you fancy.
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| A Forsyth |
28 December 2004 |
Stayed at Pacific - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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After a couple of days in Phnom Penh, I travelled by boat to Siem Reap. If you don't already have a hotel booking in Siem Reap, it is a good idea to enquire of your Phnom Penh hotel about partner hotels in Siem Reap as they will also send someone to pick you up from the boat. After exploring the temples at Angkor, I went on a very scenic river journey to Battambang. The river is very low this season, so it took about nine hours. From Battambang back to Phnom Penh I took a shared taxi. For the four hour journey door-to-door it cost only 10 dollars. Very efficient!
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| A Patel |
24 December 2004 |
Stayed at Sunway Hotel Phnom Penh - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Cambodia is a fascinating country to visit. If you want glitz and glamour that isn't the place for you. But the country and its history makes it a place with a lot more 'depth' than most other prosperous destinations. Its people are simple and friendly. Siem Reap and its temples are fascinating. For Indians like us, more enriching since we are familiar with all the tales and myths surrounding the carvings. For the unfamiliar, it would help to brush up on basics of Hindu mythology before a trip to the temples (especially the Great Epics of Ramayana and Mahabharata).
Phnom Penh is any grimy polluted city. But interesting to soak in its sights and sounds and understand where it comes from. Cambodia's recent morbid history is evident in the Killing Fields and Tuol Sleng Museum. Depressing but helps understand Cambodians better. Check out the traditional dances at the Sovanna Phum Arts Association. Performances every Friday night. Always a good way to get in touch with local flavours and culture.
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| M Roe |
06 December 2004 |
Stayed at Goldiana Hotel - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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We walked to the FCC but at other times took a taxi to further destinations. Tom's Irish Bar is just around the corner and the superb restaurant Khmer Surin is immediately opposite the hotel.
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| R Lubrich |
19 November 2004 |
Stayed at Phnom Penh Hotel - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Phnom Penh is for sure worth to travel. Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda, Wat Phnom are place to be visited. But as well Cheung Ek (Killing fields) and Toul Sleng should not be left out to have an understanding of the actual situation of the country and its people after the horrible genocide of the Khmer Rouge during the '70th.
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