Opulence amid the destitution

Palaces and street-kids

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July 21st 2006
Today is our second full day in Phnom Penh. After having spent yesterday faced with the horrors of S-21, today we intended to see slightly more up-beat sights in the city. Phnom Penh being the noisy, grimy, steamy place it is, Alex decided to spend the morning enjoying the hotel swimming pool. Not our hotel, of course. Across the road from our little guesthouse is the Hotel Cambodiana (loving t ... read more

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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