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Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Phnom Penh attempts to sort out its past as it rushes into the future. Wats share the city with discos and a field of suffering. Museums remember a history of glory and bloodshed, while the timeless Khmer smile hopes that the best is yet to come.
 

Bustling modern-day Phnom Penh is a city rich with the legacies of kings and conquerors, both foreign and Khmer. Legend has it that Phnom Penh was founded when a woman called Penh discovered five images of Buddha inside a log washed up on the bank... [ more ]

Phnom Penh is one of Asia’s smallest capital cities and, perhaps, the most compact. Virtually all hotels and other accommodations lie in the central city area-taken as being no more than two kilometers in any direction from the Royal Palace. Every... [ more ]
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