Effective Marketing

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We had a few days in Phnom Penh and did the necessary visits to the S-21 torture prison and the killing fields at Choeung Ek. Both are calm places with a gruesome history and the recency of it all really hits.


In Cambodia, the dollar rules, even the ATMs hand out dollars. The Riel only comes into play as an alternative to Cents. It's more expensive than Vietnam was for most things, but hotels/guesthouses are the exception. The standard of room has dropped but the cost has dropped further.


There is one thing we now always seek out in any new town - the market. I don't know if Hoi An and it's tailors were the turning point in this shopping fascination or if we were getting that way anyway. Whether it is clothes, watches, sunglasses, there is always something to look at, Phnom Penh had two good markets. I'm a bit worried about myself.

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