Saturday, July 2, 2011

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The capital city of Cambodia. Pics here show the esplanade along the River and the exercise equipment which is constantlty in use by the locals.

A temple near the Palace which had a stone rhinocerous, an unusual decoration for a temple. Robert made friends with him.














The Palace was impressive. There was also a monastery and so here's the inevitable monk picture.



























There was a large lake shown on the city map of Phnom Penh. We decided to go and check it out and found out why it wasn't on the tourist highlights. It was not very exciting but we enjoyed the journey and met a lovely couple from Russia who were also searching for the same lake. We enjoyed their company.






The elephant was in a park in the city available for rides.







Travelling in the bus you see some interesting sights. Here is a typical village and the carts being pulled by little ponies.














The sleeper bus blew a tire. Luckily very close to a mechanic who had it changed in 30mins or so. It was the inside tyre so they had to remove the outer tyre first. Luckily we were in a village when it blew, not on the windy road we had been on previously.






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