Off to Cambodia... We left the bustle of Saigon to join our new group heading to Phnom Penh. We took a local bus to get over the border which is quite interesting, a lot of "everyone off the bus" to show passports, then back on, back off, scan bags, back on, off, get visas etc. My first impression was that Phnom Penh was a very rundown city, but after walking around you realize that the people are so happy and friendly, it is definitely slowly being rebuilt. There are parks everywhere, and new ones being built all over the place complete with monkeys and we saw a few elephants who give rides around. We started our Cambodia adventure on a very low-note, visiting the S-21 Prison and the Killing Fields from the Khmer Rouge Reign. It
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