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February 2nd 2010
Published: April 4th 2010
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Our Hong Kong to Phnom Penh flight was with Dragonair, who we'd never heard of (Melissa had some visions of a rickety old plane), but is actually owned by Cathay Pacific and was just fine. We even got a meal on the 3 hour flight, which can come as a bit of a shock after spending so much time travelling within North America, where you hardly even get a bag of peanuts anymore. After making our way... Read Full Entry



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Royal Palace

View from the riverfront
Throne HallThrone Hall
Throne Hall

The primary audience hall used by the king
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Royal Palace

Maintaining the beautiful gardens
Silver Pagoda compoundSilver Pagoda compound
Silver Pagoda compound

The grey stupas contain the ashes of various Camboidan royalty
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Wat Preah Keo Morokat

Known as the Siver Pagoda because of the 5329 silver tiles that cover the floor. It also contains a 90kg buddha with 2086 diamonds, one being 25 caret.
Ramayana frescoesRamayana frescoes
Ramayana frescoes

They surround the inner walls of the compounds, depicting scenes from the Reamker, the Khmer version of the Indian Ramayana. Not in great shape anymore
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Royal Palace

You can definitely see lots of remnants of Hinduism throughout
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Royal Palace

Buddha's
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Royal Palace

Japanese tourist - I loved the sun visors they had, almost like a welding mask
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Cambodian Riel

The street exchange rate was 4000 Riel to 1 US dollar
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Phnom Penh

In the mornings, the monks walk around neighbourhoods collecting alms (donations - can be food, money), and then they say prayers for them
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Phnom Penh

Morning traffic
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Phnom Penh

Most of the locals dined at places like this



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