Cambodia is one of my favourite countries, after so much adversity the people have so much optimism. In Cambodia, we book 5 star hotels because of our dollars strength. They like modern things, interspersed with thousands of years of history in a quirky little style of decor all of their own. The french occupied days left a fondness for fine imitation Luis IX furniture and opulent chandeliers and grand arches and verandahs that some Cambodian hotels have emulated with their own twist - adding bizarelly modern gadgets found nowhere else in the world. Things like Steam showers with telephones, stereos and televisions in there and elevators that are constructed entirely of some wierd perspex with LED lighting like Snoops Dawgs hummer limo. Going down to the lobby is like droppin acid straight from the woodstock
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