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 Thursday, June 18, 2009 @ 10:30
cambodia day 3 (phnom penh) day 3 was a combination of siem reap and (mostly) phnom penh.  wanted to start off with a picture of the hotel lift. the cambodian culture is clearly illustrated in the design.  our last breakfast in siem reap. the spread was good, mix of cambodian and western, with an omelette and noodle counter. they also provide a variety of fruits. i definitely prefer this to the phnom penh hotel.  saying our goodbyes to the hotel before heading to the airport for our flight to phnom penh.  we had about an hour and a half to kill so we decided to grab a blizzard at dq. the choices were roughly the same as singapore, but it's cheaper over there (2USD for a medium).  you can find many such pieces for sale at the duty free shops in the airport. the flight from siem reap to phnom penh took about 30 minutes, which was almost like taking off and landing simultaneously.  we checked into our hotel, imperial garden villa and hotel. while the rooms were recently renovated, the toilet was dark and dingy. there was only a dim light on top of the sink and you can see age stains around. furthermore, location is bad (far from city centre). it's supposed to be 4 stars (2007-2008). you definitely can find better hotels nearer the city centre. imperial garden villa and hotel we headed to the royal palance and silver pagoda next. entrance fee 25,000 riel (about 6USD).    the gate for the king's use.   i don't know if you can see this, but there's a tiny blue flag in the background (bottom right hand corner). it shows that the king's in residence.  open air performance hall.  this is special. the only french style building admist the cambodian structures.  colours for every day of the week. from left, sunday to saturday.  it's a place you have to visit when you're there. the architectures is so beautiful and the carvings on the stupa are so intricate.   next was the national museum. we spend an hour there with a guide. i'll strongly recommend you to give this a miss if you're intending to visit the royal palace. you can see similar statues in the silver pagoda and the explanations given by the guides are almost the same.  our final stop for the day, the temple from which phnom penh derived it's name from. phnom = mountain, penh = name of the woman who built this temple (on top of a small hill). this is the only place i encountered lots of beggars, as you can see from the guy at the bottom of the steps. our guide said most people come here to pray for everything but love, because the lady was unlucky in love and people who have prayed for it seemed to have relationship problems after.  dinner at a steamboat restaurant, king suki soup. the soup base was quite sweet and they offered quite a range of seafood, vegetables, meat and noodles. not a bad place to try. Labels: food, friends, holidays |