Cambodia
I have been in Phnom Penh for 3 days, and I do not want to leave. The architecture is amazing. Gorgeous monuments dot traffic circles and the museums and palaces are extraordinary as well.
The somber side of Cambodia is its brutal history. The Killing Fields is a tourist attraction of a compound where 20,000 people were murdered, complete with hundreds of skulls on display to prove it. After touring the fields, I then went to the Genocide Museum, not the happiest of places.
The markets are lively and entertaining. The Russian Market, has nothing Russian about it. Hundreds of stalls are cramped together in a little building selling anything from watches, and buddha statues to the finest silks and scarves.
It really is a cool city, highly recommeded. I continue on to Siem Reap and Angkor Wat tomorrow.
Tags: cambodia, phnom penh, pol pot, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam 2006, Vietnam, Cambodia
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