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Phnom Penh was not our favourite city. It was a busy, bustling and noisy spot. We befriended some nice girls at the bus station who showed us to the hostel they'd booked and it looked fine and pretty tidy.
The waterfront was the nicest part of town we encountered (although I'm sure some of the temples would have been more interesting, had we dug a little deeper!). After sunset, there were lots of different groups of Cambodians (and a real range of ages) performing what looked like Phnom Penh line dancing. Very entertaining!
We walked through the city, taking in a hillside temple (Wat Phnom) and a wonderful restaurant (called Friends) which trained and used underprivileged street youths as employees.
The following day we did a trip to 'The Killing Fields.' It was a beautiful, tree-rich and beautiful spot where not long ago (1970s), harrowing atrocities took place at the hands of the Khymer Rouge. The audio tour was both fascinating and disturbing. We were also taken to a site in the city where suspected political activists ( many of whom were innocent and children, were tortured and killed. The metal beds and photos were again, pretty horrific.
On our last afternoon, we were taking a tuk tuk to a boat trip when Genna almost had her i-phone snatched by a couple of youths on a moped. It happens a lot here apparently.
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