Friday, May 2, 2008

Explore Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Cambodia's capital, PHNOM PENH, at first glance, the city has no obvious landmarks. The main boulevards are choked with motos and other traffic and lined with generic low-rise, concrete blocks. There are not many tourist attractions. A place that impact my life deeply is "Tuol Seng Museum". Its an evidence of how Khmer Rouge purnished the people cruely and cold blooded.

The departure of the French signalled the beginnings of political in-fighting in Cambodia, with Phnom Penh at the centre. Then came the Khmer Rouge whose experimental ideology rejected an urban existence, and the city was completely emptied, many of its buildings destroyed. It wasn't until 1979 and the Vietnamese victory over the Khmer Rouge that people began drifting back to the devastated city.


One of the best food in town- grilled seafood! You can find these near to the Central Market. While you enjoy a sumptuous food, there will be some poor and dirty children begger stand just behind you. Once you can't finish the food, they will please to help.

Oh ya! if you interested to feel the real machine guns, this is the place. You can choose your preferred weapon, of course, pay first! I tried, but it is not that easy as we saw from most of the action movies.