Written by alan_nesbit on July 6, 2006
- I took a ride on a motorbike to get here, around 15km south of Phnom Penh. The roads are similar to Vietnam, although chaotic rather than anarchic. There is a preferred side of the road...
Written by alan_nesbit on July 6, 2006
- I was at school in the 1970s, when this ex-school was being used by the Khmer Rouge to interrogate (i.e. torture) thousands of Cambodians from all walks of life. Like most people, I was completely...
Written by alan_nesbit on July 6, 2006
- Poverty is very apparent in Phnom Penh, more so than in other Southeast Asian cities. The city has had a rough time in recent decades, along with the rest of the country, and the period...
Written by holeeling on October 17, 2004
- Seeing Hands runs a chain of massage centres where blind masseuses provide massages at reasonable prices. I hear they have centres in other parts of Cambodia and even Laos.
It was my first experience and a...
Written by BenNewmark on April 29, 2005
- Mr. Naurob teaches three 1-hour classes each morning. There are roughly 30 children and young adults in each of his groups. The students are not rich youths at university - all work full...
Written by mh75 on May 27, 2009
- Touring and shopping in Phnom Penh can be a great experience. The people are extremely friendly and most of them do speak english. The ones that I encountered were very jovial and seemed...
Written by mh75 on May 27, 2009
- Dancing through the streets of Phnom Penh are thousands, if not millions of mopeds, motorcycles and tuc-tucs (mopeds towing a passenger compartment.) There are also cars and trucks, but the lunacy to the metal,...
Written by coolcambodia.com on January 22, 2009
- with all that has happend out here in cambodia its so strange to see things like the laws finally being inforced. since the new police chief took over he has maintained his presence by having...
Phnom Penh
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