Ooohhh ... Cambodia ... (Part Two!) Once we actually arrived at our destination in Cambodia, the most difficult part became figuring out the money system! Cambodian currency is the Riel and the exchange rate is about 4000 Riel to 1 US Dollar. Sounds simple, no? It would be, if there weren't a crazy system of mixing up Dollar and Riel! For anything under a dollar, prices are quoted in Riel (so 1000R = $0.25, 2000R = $0.50, etc), but anything more than that is quoted in dollars. Say some noodles are a $1.25 ... that means they want 1US Dollar and 1000R. It's not actually that complicated once you get used to it, but it was mind boggling to start with!!! We arrived in Phnom Pen just in time to celebrate Khmer New Year with the
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