Phnom Penh

Around and In Phnom Penh city
Phnom Penh city

Phnom Penh is the capital city of Cambodia or Kampuchea who situated on the Southern part of Formerly Angkor Thom City some 320 Kms.

Land Areas : is around 375 square kilometers.

Population : is around 2,009,264 persons

Wat Phnom

Phnom Penh City takes its name from the present Wat Phnom or Hill Temple. Legend has it that in 1372, an old nun named Penh went to fetch the water in the Mekong river and found a dead Koki tree floating down the stream. Inside the hole of that dead Koki tree contained four bronze and one stone Buddha statues in it.

Daun (Grandma) Penh brought the statues ashore and ordered people to pile up earth at northeast of her house and used those Koki trunks to build a temple on that hill to house the five Buddha statues, then named the temple after her as Wat Phnom Daun Penh, which presently known as Wat Phnom, a small hill of 27 meters (89 ft) in height.

ROYAL PALACE
Dmitry and Nadya came from Russia and Sowanna Yun were standing in front of Royal Palace at Phnom Penh city : More Info. : http://tiny-rat.livejournal.com/

Royal palace is the most attraction site of all the visitors who can not miss in Phnom Penh.

Cambodian National Museum

It was built in 1917 and collected all the artifacts from the whole country to keep for safety. It is the best place for visitors before to visit Angkor Areas. A thousand and a thousand statues to install in this museum.

: Kuk Toul Sleng Museum or Toul Sleng Genocidal Museum.

Toul Sleng Museum is the formerly School Children but Pol Pot regime took this place to make the prison in 1975 - 1979. It is the best place for visitors who come to visit Cambodia and need to know about Khmer Rough regime. I think that you have always read a book or Newspaper and listened to Radio but ,if you will come to visit it. You can understand it more than you have done.
Cheung Ek Killing Field or Wat Cheung Ek Killing Field.
The visitors can see a real thing in Cambodia and visit a hundred and hundred communal graves, mass graves that buried the death body and a thousand and thousand skulls and bones in Pol Pot regime was transported innocent people to kill there.

Independence Monument.

This monument was built in 1958 under His Majesty King Norodom Sihanouk when a Cambodia got independence from French on 9th November 1953. It is a huge and a long space for visitors to take a picture to keep it as souvenir and to remember in another country to rule another. Please come to see us and more explanation.

Junctional Mekong Rivers or Tonle Chatomuk.
It is the best one for visitors who can take a boat trip to see floating houses, 4 junction rivers, a hill and to see Sunset on the Mekong river, everyday life of people who lived along the Mekong river. You can have Dinner on the boat along the Mekong River and can see other amazing pictures.

Multi - national flags along the Mekong river in front of Royal palace

: Toul Tampong Market or Russian Market
It is a popularity for tourists to buy the wooden statues , sandstone statues, marble statues of Buddha or other Hindu Gods. You can find a real silk in Cambodia and other things are not included.

: Psa Thmei Market or New Market or Central market

It was built in 1935 by French who ruled over Cambodia. You can find everything in Cambodia in this market.But do not forget to bargain the prices.