Blogs from Phnom Penh, South, Cambodia, Asia - page 217

After thoroughly enjoying my time in Vietnam, I headed off on an eneventful bus ride to Phnom Penh, the capitol of Cambodia. The city suprised me by being a normal big city, and even more suprising, I learned from the people I was traveling with that there is more American food available in a Cambodian grocery store than in London. However, before I explain the places I visited in Phnom Penh, a brief history lesson on Cambodia might help explain the two main museums. After a civil war that ended in 1975, Cambodia suffered under the ultra-communist Khmer Rouge regime, which stayed in power until 1979. Under the leadership of the paranoid Pol Pot, the goal of the Khmer Rouge was to "turn the clock back to year zero" and instate a rural utopia consisting of ... read more

Well Cambodia what can i say.. alot actually beautiful people after all they have been through but still effectively a third world country. They haven't actually heard of bins. the street is the local tip and with the heat you can imagine the aromas. When we arrived there were lots of people covered in white dust (working in the mines I hear you say) I thought the same but actually it was Khmer new year and it is tradition to run up to people and put talc on other peoples faces, which I learnt the hard way. All in good fun. The driving is crazy over here no traffic lights,road markings or mirrors on bikes.It's just bedlam. You fear for your life when you're tuk-tuk driver is crossing the road.When we asked do you have ... read more

sorry that this is really late but its been so hard to get round to writing and we haven;t had time or have been distracted but now we have it all written up so you can now know what has been happening Trat was kind of rubbish..we just hung out and waited for chris and yannicks money stuff to get sorted. We did have a little adventre though there and ended up at the side of a lake until 6 am with a man who claimed to play guitar with stevie wonder, a thai guy called sunshine, two french men and a thai copper (with gun) and that was a pretty fun night. there were about 5 languages flying about that night and none of us could rally understand each other and in order for ... read more

every time i wake up i think its gonna be back in the jungle but instead its in my hotel room with only 1 day left in cambodia its very sad for all concernd please send money ino want to come back i am now a cambodian my name is fung si yuk but i need your money to buy a bar near the beach i mean it its not fair ok i see you soon fuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... read more

Daddy i shot a tommy gun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In Cambodia you can pay money and shoot guns. Jeff bought a clip of bullets for an AK 47. I didnt shoot this one because it looked like it had alot of kick and would hurt my shoulder. Jason bought a ring of bullets for a tommy gun so i shot 2 bullets. hahah i didnt even aim i had my eyes closed. and i got to wear an army print jacket. we got pictures. oh and there was another guy there that threw a hand grenade into a swamp. it didnt make a very big splash but it honestly shook the ground and made a huge noise. what i'm about to say is a little disturbing... we also went to the Tuol Sleng genocide museum. from about 1975 to ... read more