NOTE:...I am publishing this post even though I have not posted the photos from my first day in Phnom Penh (as I am having trouble loading them)..... The boat ride up the Mekong Delta landed me in Phnom Penh where I headed down to the lakeside (Boeng Kak Lake) area where most of the backpaper guest houses are locate. I was joined by my South African friend who, unable to locate her friends in town, joined me for some dinner and a movie on the top of the guest house before we both called it a night. The next day I walked through town taking advantage of the excellent weather. I made stops at the national museum, the Royal Palace and along the banks of water where the three rivers (the Mekong river, the Bassac river
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