Electrical Spaghetti

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It was a very quick flight to Phnom Penh, about 1hr 40. We bought visas at the airport and withdrew some dollars, as this currency is in equal use as the Cambodian Riel.
It was rush hour when we cleared baggage and so we had a slow tour of the capital. It's by far the poorest country we've been to so far, one stranger signifier of affluence is what happens to electricity. The cables here are seemingly thrown up haphazardly on poles (just like Peru and Indonesia) and new cables are continually added to siphon off power until the cables take on the form of mad spaghetti-esque art installatiions. There was a dead tree being used as a pole on the main high street, crazy stuff (centre right on the pic).
No sky scrapers whatsoever, loads of motorbikes and very diverse racial faces: Chinese, Thai, Indian and Javanese.
Hotel Teahouse Asian was open plan and we had two bedrooms with an interconnecting sitting room, so we all got a bit of space.

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