Phnom Penh

I am in Phnom Penh now.

This country is no joke. I met an Australian today who had his camera and all his money stolen by little kids, pretending to be selling Lonely Planets! I lend him some money for a meal.

This city has little over 2m people, but seems to be crazier than Saigon. Next to the motorbikes, there are huge 4-wheel drives here, who don't stop for red light, let alone pedestrians.

This country is very religious. There is a huge Buddhist university, and many temples and stupas. Monks in orange robes wander around the streets everywere. In short: it is a world apart from Vietnam. The alphabet is different here too, I'll post a photo of that soon.


It took a 6-hour busride from Saigon to here. The roads were so bad that sometimes it seemed like the National Highway was nothing more than a dirt road with pot holes in it. I got launched out of my seat a couple of times. Fortunately, I met a family on the bus, who gave me a ride in their car to a hotel, and they treated me for dinner later. It helps to know local people.

More to come soon.