Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Backpacking South East Asia - Phnom Penh (Part 3)

I bought a bus ticket to Phnom Penh for 7USD.  I left Seam Reap lunchtime and reached the capital at 6:28 in the evening,  covering a distance of 251 kilometers.  There where no delays along the way for we only have a stop for a short break.  Phnom Penh's tourist attractions for a tourist visit for there are a handful of tourist spots present.   I stayed in Phnom Penh for 2 days and stayed near the central market in a guest house spending 5US Dollars a night.


Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Great Lake is the largest freshwater floodplain lake in the world, increasing and decreasing in size annually . It is one of the places or one is with the more meadows of the Kampuchean everyday life and their reality.

One of Phnom Penh famous attractions is the gruesome reminder of the country's past. The famous "Killing Fields" of Cambodia's Cheong EK. Cheong Ek is at least 15 kilometers from the Central Market of Phnom Penh. In 1975 and 1978, as many as 17,000 Cambodians were tortured and killed. The event is immortalized in the movie "The killing fields".

One of Phnom Penh famous attractions is the gruesome reminder of the country's past. The famous "Killing Fields" of Cambodia's Cheong EK. Cheong Ek is at least 15 kilometers from the Central Market of Phnom Penh. In 1975 and 1978, as many as 17,000 Cambodians were tortured and killed. The event is immortalized in the movie "The killing fields".



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