Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Day5 & Day6 in Cambodia

Day 5:
Royal Palace
Silver Pagoda
Miniature Angkor Wat inside Silver Pagoda
The Royal Palace and the Silver Pagoda is located in the same compound. While coming out from the Silver Pagoda, we passed by a series of royal displays.
From the Silver Pagoda, we headed out to the National Museum. Traffic was chaotic. We passed by some Cambodia-Vietnam friendship monument as well as the Independance Monument.
National Museum
Artisans nearby the National Museum
Wat Phnom, where Phnom Penh is said to get the name from.
Sisowath Quay, overlooking the Tonle Sap river. Mekong River flows on the other side of the other bank, and the two rivers converge to form the Tonle Bassac.
Central Market, also known as Psar Thmei. Known for the unique architecture, and of course, it's a market.

Day 6, also the last day of the entire trip.
Visit to the Psar Tuol Tom Pong.
We sent some postcards to our friends and family. Cheated with the pricing of parcels to the United States, and not Malaysia. hmph.
And finally headed to the Phnom Penh International Airport, bade Cambodia goodbye altogether...
Reaching Malaysia when the sun was setting...
A whole new experience gained no doubt.

7 Jujus:

William said...

The woman at the market looks pissed.

ethnwg said...

oh cambodia! how i miss, miss, miss...

Pike-chan said...

wow!! thanks for series of cambodia pics!

Ohkulala said...

OMG,looking at the pics is nostalgic. reminded me of my trip there last year. and we visited all the same places! hehehe

Jason said...

Woo.. cool market. The buildings in the palace looks so similar like Thailand.

Medie007 said...

willaim: we thought so too! that was our 3rd attempt, previous two too dark. so you can roughly guess she's annoyed. we only bought 2 scarfs after asking for much discount. LOL

ethn: lol. miss miss miss.. but it's a one time place i suppose. 2nd visit will seem normal dy...

Medie007 said...

pikey: :D glad u like it

ohkulala: haha. there's just so much about cambodia in a short trip, wat difference can there be? lol

jason: yeaps. buddhist country ma. cambodia used to be a very strong empayar in the past.