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| Nationa, Museum |
In June 2008 I met 2 Germans in Phonm Penh, for a caving expedition in Battambang province. I had been to Cambodia in 2004 but as a tourist visiting all the usual tourist sites. This trip would be different. Went back to the same hotel I used in 2004 and found the prices were 50% higher. The interesting thing though is that Cambodians still use the US$ which is interchangeable with the Riel, and the exchange rate is still the same it was 4 years ago ($1 = 4000 r). Whereas in Laos this year we found that the $ was no longer popular and the exchange rate had changed.
The first day we went to the Minsitry of Culture and Fine Arts to do some handshaking and also to get a formal letter of introduction which would hopefully smooth our progress over the next days. The Ministry -
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| lunch in the market |
Phnom Penh has changed a bit in 4 years. There are now 2 or 3 small shopping centres, and even more handphone shops than before. There seemed to be less beggars and less amputees from mines, although the street kids selling books are still very prominent along the river front. But much of the riverfront is undergoing flood relief works, sponsored by Japan.
Rainy view of the flool relief works by the Tonle Sap river from the FCC -
UNESCO HQ
This first album just shows Phnom Penh.
I've posted the caving and rural scenes in separate albums.
See also Battambang photos .
7 albums on caves, Caves 1 phnom sampeu and Caves 2 sdao area and Caves 3 crocodile hill area and Caves 4 kampong poi area and Caves 5 phnom kdaongand Caves 6 Banan area and Caves 7 kpg poi lake area and also Cambodian cave fauna.
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© Liz Price
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