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January 24, 2006
Check box tourist
My fist real day in Phnom Penh was “check box tourist day”. I really wanted to see the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda, 
the Tuol Sleng Museum genocide museum and just wander aimlessly thought the streets trying to understand the city.
It was hot and humid and water stops were frequent. After some difficulty, I arrived at S-21 (Tuol Sleng Museum.) There will be separate post on that. After two hours I headed back north to my hotel and stopped off at the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda which is a HUGE complex. And amazing. And beautiful. Give me a week or two and the pictures will be up in the picture gallery.
My final day in Phnom Penh as all about breakfast and taking the bus to Sihanoukville, a $5 four hour ride in seat 15. The Cambodian man adjacent to me tried to trick me into taking the window seat, but after a few laughs and a ‘no way in hell, buddy’ smile we settled in for the journey in our semi-air-conditioned 50 pax bus.
Posted by stu at January 24, 2006 09:53 AM