Cloudy's Asian Tour: Phnom Phen, Cambodia

After celebrating New Year's Eve in Bangkok, we took a flight to Phnom Phen in Cambodia. As soon we left the airport you could see the difference between the two countries. Thailand might be a poor country, but it's nothing compared to Cambodia. Cambodia reminds me a lot of Kenya; lots of people on streets trying to make a living among reminants of a colonial past.

The taxi driver recommended that we stay in a hotel near the river would be better than near the lake because "the water is cleaner so you have less mosquitos". I woke this morning with no new bites, so I think it was good advice.

We've done quite a bit of sightseeing. Yesterday we saw the National Museum. This morning we did The Tuol Sleng (S-21) museum and The Killing Fields both of which have been makig me think all day. To lighten the mood, we went to the Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda in the afternoon.

Tonight is our last night in Phnom Phen so we're going to hunt out some bars and enjoy life. We can;t party too hard cos we're boarding a boat at 7am that will take us to Siam Reap and Angkor Wat (so I'm pretty excited about tomorrow).