Phnom Penh is a fairly busy place and certainly not clean by any means, but it is the poorest country in south east asia afterall! Lakeside is the backpackers haven. A side street from the main city next to the lake. I would recommend the Numebr 9 or Sister number 9 guesthouse. Sitting on the lake with very basic rooms but excellent common areas. A pool table, hammocks, tv with a variety of movies for your enjoyment, 24hr food and drink and the staff are pretty cool! Not to mention the lake that it sits on. Lakeside has plenty of tuk tuks, restaurants and bars. The Drunken Frog is a good bar, more so if you go up the stairs to the roof. Don't be fooled that you have to go downstairs for the loo, that
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