Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh has changed a lot since the last reviews were written, it's changed a lot in the last 3 and a half years I've been here. Since I've been here I haven't heard of a westerner being shot, compare that to Thailand where the police do it when they get angry. Looking around you'll see a vast display of pretentious wealth, much of which is due to corruption, but when compared to western countries is just more obvious and not so well hidden. Living here is like living anywhere, you've got to get up (sometime), do some work (not too much) and have some fun (7 days a week is acceptable). Many of the expats you'll meet here are friendly ...  Read the complete review

While travelling in Asia I spent 10 days in Phnom Penh in 2000 and 5 in 2002. These are my recommendations for the cities nightlife. While Phnom Penh is dangerous after dark there are some recommendations I would make to any travellers. Don?t even speak to any local girls in bars. While it would be paint a bad picture of Cambodian girls to say that most western bars are populated with prostitutes, most are. I was accosted one night and had four girls burning each other with cigarettes to scare off the "competition". Not a pleasant experience. I?m sure that most girls in the bars are not of that profession but with the language barrier I would ...  Read the complete review

"The Americans killed thousands!" said Pang, as we supped beer beside the pool of the Cambodiana Hotel. "We were hit from the sky." "Kissinger?" I asked, as the sweat poured down my face. "Kisssinger and Nixon's bombing of Cambodia was illegal," said Pang. "We were a neutral country. But the American B-52's came over and killed about three-quarters of a million Cambodian children, women and men." "A lot of bombs!" "More bombs than were dropped on Japan in World war II." "What about Pol Pot?" "He was given lots of help by the ...  Read the complete review