robertthebruce Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Hi Here on vacation for a few days, apart from The Killing a Fields any other places of interest.. ?? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogNo1 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Yes. Tuol Sleng is worth seeing as well as the Royal Palace and National Museum. Skip the riverboat ride. There's nothing to see. Have a great time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertthebruce Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 Hi Thanks,for that it's appreciated.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Take the river boat in the early evening and cruise up an down the Tonle sap. Take a walk along riverside in the early evening when all the locals come out, maybe do some aerobics with them walk around Central Market Visit Wat Phnom Feed the pigeons in front of the royal palace visit the new Aeon Mall Than of course there's the hostess bars :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jip99 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 The Killing Field and S21 to take in the recent history of Cambodia. Unbelievable that this genocide happened in recent living memory. Wat Phnom Royal Palace Central Market Agree about the riverboat trip - try and time it to come back around dusk so as to see PP lit up. Several vendors near the boat selling Angkor beer if you need a tipple on the journey. Black Cat bar........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSiemReaper Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Wat Onalom; the oldest working temple/pagoda complex in the country. Wat Phnom; I'll admit both the monkeys and the locals makes this trip less pleasant than it should be but you should still go. S-21; is a must. It's more depressing than Auschwitz-Birkenau though. The Royal Palace; is lovely and should be combined with a trip to the National Museum which is brilliant. You could also take a stroll down riverside at this point. Central Market and Russian Market are both options though I prefer the cleaner, more touristy night market (only open on weekends though). There are lots of other modern Wat complexes which are really nice and nobody ever visits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertthebruce Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 Thank you all for your suggestions, it's appreciated. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuketrichard Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 (edited) SR; when was the last time u were in PP an Wat Phnom they got rid of all the monkeys more than a year ago used to see them on the wires outside the PO as well. i stayed at the picked parrot ( top floor) on street 104 a few times and they would sneak into your room if u did not close the windows :-) What i love about PP is just walking around also if ur lucky catch the cops trying to stop motorcycles to ticket them on Monivong /Norodom road Check out the local attractions at the walkabout Edited September 4, 2014 by phuketrichard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSiemReaper Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 SR; when was the last time u were in PP an Wat Phnom they got rid of all the monkeys more than a year ago used to see them on the wires outside the PO as well. i stayed at the picked parrot ( top floor) on street 104 a few times and they would sneak into your room if u did not close the windows :-) What i love about PP is just walking around also if ur lucky catch the cops trying to stop motorcycles to ticket them on Monivong /Norodom road Check out the local attractions at the walkabout I remember the day they got rid of the monkeys; they came walking past my window. Sadly, they're back though not in the same numbers as before. You can't keep a good monkey down. Walkabout is the worst place in the entirety of Phnom Penh. If you like gap-toothed, over-the-hill, speed freak hookers - awesome. Otherwise avoid like the plague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Yes, monkeys are back (a few). Be warned these are pretty aggressive monkeys as monkeys go, that's why they tried to get rid of them. Some years back I was walking my Chihuahua in Wat Phnom, he got into it with a monkey (from a distance...just barking & so forth while the monkey made menacing gestures back). I thought it was funny but the locals started warning me to get out of there. Looked to the right and there was a long column of grim-faced monkeys marching towards us and they clearly meant buisiness. I took the locals' advice and quickly left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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