Palace Gardens

These were the best maintained gardens we came across (well you'd hope they'd do something with the exorbitant $8 entry fee charged).

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The Killing Fields

January 25th 2007
After a few short (6 hour) bus rides and a short stopover in Ho Chi Minh City, we had crossed the border and entered Cambodia. The landscape did not change dramatically, but the roads certainly did. The only good road is the one to Phnom Penh and Siam Reap, and even that leaves a lot to be desired. We found PP to be a nice, but unremarkable place to visit. The Royal Palace was beautiful, with ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more

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