No shoulders and knees!
by agc
When visiting Palaces, museums, temples in Cambodia, remember to dress appropriately! You can wear a T-shirt accompanied by a pair of long pants or three-quarter Bermudas.
The ticket office rents T-shirts for US$1 each but they don't rent pants. I wore shorts that day and they asked me to pull it down until it covered my knees (cheers to Elastic waist straps!).
P.S you also need to pay a camera fee. You can get by this by keeping your camera inside your day pack. Snap pictures secretly and do it fast!
Local Dialing
by Pakistaniguy
The domestic phone codes for some important cities are following:
Phnom Penh – 023
Battambang – 053
Siem Reap – 063
Preah Vihear – 064
Sihanoukville – 034
Stung Treng – 074
Keep in mind that telephone numbers starting from 011, 012, 015, 016 or 018 are all mobile phone numbers.
Mindset of Cambodian
by yuet29
It is simple, earn and spend. This is the mindset of most of the cambodian.
I met a young cambodian guy working in Malaysia before. He was participating in a dam construction project. He told me working in Malaysia is very tough for him and he doesnt like his job. The reason he doesnt like his job is because- too much overtime. No time to spend the money.
Another time, in a night market I met a PRC lady selling fried rice with her husband. They hired a few cambodian. She complaint to me that her workers never want to do overtime even she pay them more. "They never save for future. They earn and spend"
This is their mindset and they live their life very happily.
Luggage & Bags
by Cathy&Gary
As most of us can only bring back 20 kilos of luggage (not counting hand luggage) make sure you have lightweight suitcases, our cases are huge but only weigh just under 5kilos.
Dont bring home anything you can do without. Throw (give) away all your toiletries eg, shampoos, conditioners, deodorants etc, all these little things add up in weight.
Load up your hand luggage with any heavy items you have bought, its amazing how much shopping you can cram into a backpack.
Happy Shopping!!
Excavated Pits
by keeweechic
There are still large pits where the graves were unearthed.
On May 9th every year a memorial service is held at the stupa in memory of the estimated 1.7 million people who died during the genocide.
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elephant in the city
Dining Area
afternoon out here at Sisowath
The national museum in Pnom Penh.
