Phnom Penh, CambodiaTake a look at the Cambodia Visitors Guide get an idea of what to do, where to go in Phnom Penh and Cambodia. |
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| I went to Phnom Penh in June 2004 to my brother David's wedding celebration. He married Minh, his sweetheart from Vietnam. |
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| David and Minh | Minh and her family | Minh's Dad, Bo - a living legend | |
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Downtown Phnom Penh is just full of motor cycles. Often you'll se three or four people on one. A perfect example of Chaos Theory in action. |
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Street side shops. (I'll have to work this digital camera better. Too much image blur.) |
Down a side street | At an intersection. We actually had the green light... | |
| Next time I'll get David to stop the car and take some more interesting photos. |
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The street naming is crazy. A few named major roads, then numbers for the rest. Basically even numbers run East-West and odd number North-South. But you'd mistaken if you think 138 Street is the next one after 136 Street. |
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| Not everybody uses motor bikes. | Here's a street map of Phnom Penh. Thanks to Canby Publications | ||
| We had a river cruise up the Tonle Sap River which goes all the way to Siem Reip and Ankor Wat. |
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It looked like rain... Back towards to Mekong River confluence |
These are the boats that take you to Siem Reip - I was told they're from Russia. I thought they looked like garfish. Apparently the river level was low and so the boats are not in use at the moment. | ||
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| Absolute waterfront housing anyone? I hope these houses floated. Note that nearly everyone has a TV antenna. | |||
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| Multi-use prime residential allotments? | |||