It's not all gloom in Phnom Penh. The morning before we left we took a tuk tuk to the Royal Palace. It cost $6.50 to get in--a little pricey considering there are no guides and very little written in the brochure that explains what is what. But the above photo is of the throne room. Everything to the east of that building (which was about a third of the grounds) was not accessible because the place is the residence of the royal family.
This is the Napoleon III building--a carry over from the French Colonial days. The brochure said it housed an art collection, but unfortunately it was not open to the public.
This is the famed Silver Pagoda, so named because the floor is covered with solid silver tiles (most of which are in fact covered by rugs for their protection). Photographs were not allowed inside, where there was an Emerald Buddha as well as an assortment of other wooden and metal Buddhas.
Behind the Silver Pagoda was a replica of Angkor Wat, Cambodia's most famous site.
A wall around the courtyard enclosing the Silver Pagoda was covered by a somewhat deteriorating fresco.
Upon leaving the palace grounds there was a replica of a typical Khmer home.
It's not all gloom in Phnom Penh. The morning before we left we took a tuk tuk to the Royal Palace. It cost $6.50 to get in--a little pricey considering there are no guides and very little written in the brochure that explains what is what. But the above photo is of the throne room. Everything to the east of that building (which was about a third of the grounds) was not accessible because the place is the residence of the royal family.
This is the Napoleon III building--a carry over from the French Colonial days. The brochure said it housed an art collection, but unfortunately it was not open to the public.
This is the famed Silver Pagoda, so named because the floor is covered with solid silver tiles (most of which are in fact covered by rugs for their protection). Photographs were not allowed inside, where there was an Emerald Buddha as well as an assortment of other wooden and metal Buddhas.
Behind the Silver Pagoda was a replica of Angkor Wat, Cambodia's most famous site.
A wall around the courtyard enclosing the Silver Pagoda was covered by a somewhat deteriorating fresco.
Upon leaving the palace grounds there was a replica of a typical Khmer home.
Cambodian gas stations--above is the big variety, a hand pump on top of a barrel. Below are the smaller type--soda and liquor bottles recycled as containers to sell gas by the liter.
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