Phnom Penh, Cambodia

After three days in Phnom Penh, it's time for us to continue our journey. First, I will briefly write what Phnom Penh offered us during our few days here. One thing that sets Cambodia and the Philippines apart are many things, so I will mention a few funny things. In the Philippines, everybody was calling me Mam all the time. In Cambodia, I went from Mam to Sister. "Sista-ah gimmie a dolla-ah". The taxi, or tricycle as it was on the Philippines, is now a tuk-tuk in Cambodia. The Cambodian tuk-tuk is way more comfortable than the philippino tricycle. 

My major is tourism and hospitality management, which I obviously have came across a lot during this vacation. In every country I have to ask myself many questions, for example, what is good service in this country, what is being polite and how fast is the food supposed to appear in front of me? Something that's polite back home, might not be polite here and vice versa. 

Also, a funny thing I have realized is the main attractions in a city. Arriving to Phnom Penh, we were presented to the main attractions: The Russian Market, The Killing Fields, The Genocide Museum etc. What kind of impact does these attractions give you? In my case, the image of an "russian market" doesn't really scream lets-go-there to me. The killing fields and genocide museum sounds pretty depressing to me. First a museum where over many thousands of people were tortured before they were transferred  to the killing fields, where they were killed. Don't want to be negative, but the funny thing is that these three are a few of the top attractions of Phnom Penh. Tourist attractions are usually a bit more exciting and fun, memorable. Even though, these three attractions didn't have that wow-factor, we still went to all of them. Another attraction, The Royal Palace, was also worth a visit. Cambodia was once a french colony, which has had an influence on their cuisine but also the buildings and apartments has a french vibe. 

Here follows pictures from our days in Phnom Penh. Tomorrow, it's time to change country, language and currency once again, because we are off to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.