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Daily life Phnom Penh
11 Reviews Opposite the Royal Palace along the river is this small shrine which seemed to have some kind of ceremony happening when I was there. You'll also find people selling flowers, birds (which I think are...
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Useful informations Phnom Penh
7 Reviews The traditionally greeting in Khmer culture is a bow with the palms placed together at chest level. To show greater respect, a person can bow lower and raising the hands higher. However, Cambodians...
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Mindset Phnom Penh
3 Reviews Cambodian people don't seem to have any manners. This can be observed daily. Of course this excludes the service people who are paid to be polite and nice (ie, hotel staff reception desk, waitress,...
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Religion Phnom Penh
6 Reviews It’s a very common sight to see Buddha’s in local temples with money donations in plain view, something Westerns might find odd in such a poverty stricken country. But as is the case in most cultures,...
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Local Market Phnom Penh
1 Review The Olympic Market is a three story covered market near the Olympic Stadium which was upgraded and reopened in 1994 and now specialises in wholesale items. I went here with a Cambodian girl (who lives...
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This is a historical fact told by a cambodian local:Pol Pot died in the year 1998, at age 73. Because of this age many people bought a lotery ticket with the ending number 7 end 3, hoping they would be winning numbers. Fortunatly for them they were! The lottery drawing's last two numbers were 7 and 3!
Al throughout Cambodia you can find floating villages. People build their house on some kind of raft made out of poles. You can see many of them if you would take the boat from Battambang to Siem Reap, also the boattrip from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh will let you get a glimpse of these scenic villages.Most of these villages are built by Vietnamese citizens, and the inhabitans mainly get their income from fishing. Under the houses they often have farms (some pigs, ducks, etc.)
All around the temples you will see children. Most either shoeless or with wearing flipflops (jandals/thongs) and scruffy in appearance. Their bright eyes and smiles more than make up for their appearance. Most are under the age from 10 or 11 and are only to willing to show you the sites or sell you souvenirs, with their little hands out of course. These children are certainly not shy and most seem to treat the sites as their own playground.
If you are flying from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap, your bag will be x-rayed in PP and then inspected once you reach Siem Reap. As a tourist, if you are carrying over USD10,000 in cash you must declare it. Even if you have your ticket booked, be sure to get to the airport early. During busy tourist times, your ticket doesn’t necessarily guarantee your seat.All visitors to Phnom Penh or Siem Reap must have a valid tourist visa. These can be obtained upon arrival at either airport and is valid for 30 days. Of course you must have a valid passport which extends 6 months past your visit. If you are travelling overland into Cambodia then you must obtain a visa which clearly indicates your entry point prior to reaching the Cambodian border.
In Cambodia you will find anywhere the colorful orange gowns of buddhist monks. Around the temples, in the towns, along the roads (in line) in the early mornings.... I had the idea of monks as meditating beings inside their monasteries, but most of the monks U find here are just poor young folks from the countryside that come to the monasteries because it's free and here they can learn some basic topics they couldn't at their villages.Most of them know basic english and I could see the use of internet was widening their minds... for good or for bad, who knows? Talk to them, they are usually friendly and love to learn about our different customs and ways of life.
Everybody rush to the market early in the morning for the best fresh foods. This fresh food wet market is situated near the riverbank in Phnom Penh and it was so crowded although the sun had not risen.
Lotus seeds are nice to eat and they taste good. Locals like to eat them like a fruit. In the picture, you can see that my moto driver cum guide is holding on to a few stalks of lotus seeds.Try them when you are there.I tried them and well, nice. Didn't know they can be eaten.
In Cambodia, the locals like to wat semething which I almost gross out when I saw them eating. It was half-hatched eggs. When the eggs were half-hatched and the "little chicks" were formed (with its feathers, etc), they were all brought to the market place and eateries to be sold. The locals eat them raw. They will break the tip of the egg and gobble down the "liitle chicks".
We were told that typically, the must-haves for a Cambodian Meal are as follows (and as seen in the picture) :- Vegetables ('Salad')- Raw fish- Boiled pork- Lots of home-made chilli sauce- Eaten with Rice
At Phnom Sampeau in Battambang, as I was exploring the surroundings, I saw a few Cambodians preparing lunch in the kitchen near the stupa. When lunch had been prepared, the dishes were placed on the floor.
Raffles Hotel Le Royal Phnom Penh
9 Reviews and 371 Opinions Raffles Hotel Le Royal is the premier hotel in Phnom Penh. The hotel was first established in 1929...
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La Residence d'Angkor Siem Reap
1 Review and 372 Opinions The hotel is simply splendid. The spa is the ideal manner for relaxing after a long sightseeing of...
Au Cabaret Vert Battambang
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Q: I have only 6 days in Asia - planing to go through Cambodia and Vietnam and do a quick sight seeing tour through both countries ....
A: You could very well spend those 6 days in Vietnam alone yet it may not be enough, but that depends on what your interests are. It may be best to devote those days to just...
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