Phnom Penh from bed bugs to luxury
Days 66 – 71 Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The journey from Don Det to Phnom Penh was certainly memorable. We were so closely packed, uncomfortable and so sweaty it was impossible not to make friends on that trip and boost morale. There was the mutiny-bonding early on when we intitally refused to squeeze another person onto the row of seats in the minivan. Seriously how many people do you want to fit in, “we’re twice your size” the south London boy and i were telling the driver – knees banging. But we got there in the end, after changing mini buses about 4 times (i lost count) and eating several baguettes through the day.
It was great to be in Phnom Penh and we went to the riverside to find a bed, finally getting into it at 1am after some hot food. We had a lovely room…which we left after 2 nights to go somewhere more affortable…which apparently means a room with a low ceiling you can’t stand up in, and an awful fan. It was nice, clean and cosy though…
In Phnom Penh, we made the most of being in a city and went all over in tuk-tuks, glad to have so much to explore. We went to several bars and restaurants along the riverside, the Heart of Darkness Club (which was a last resort as the Salt Lounge was definitly not a club as suggested), we went to a shadow puppet performance, the top of the shopping centre (view from the restaurant is good), the central & russian markets, the Killing Fields and the S-21 museum, and off course 2 trips and several hours at the Chinese Embassy…
All in all it was enjoyed. Note – there dont seem to be any buses in the afternoon in order to leave Phnom Penh, so we ended up getting the only bus at 12.45 to Siem Reap even though that wasnt our plan.
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