Phnom Penh

My first stop in Cambodia was the capital, Phnom Penh where I spent 1 day, 2 nights. I got the coach from Ho Chi Min city in Vietnam and crossed the land border into Cambodia. It was a rather long bus ride and an even longer wait at the border so I didn’t arrive at my hostel until midnight! That unfortunately meant I only had one day to explore Phnom Penh as I was getting the bus early the day after to Sihanoukville to then get the boat to Koh Rong island! A long 10 hour travel day...

A lot of people say not to spend much time in Phnom Penh but as I was literally only there for a day I can’t really comment on whether you’d need more time there or not. It was extremely hot and probably one of the busiest south east Asian city’s I’ve been to so far. I spent lots of time stuck in traffic! Thankfully our hostel had a pool so it was nice to cool down there. They also did the best smoothie bowls - my fave! 

Me and my friend got a tuk tuk driver for the day and went to visit the Killing fields and the S21 museum. It’s a huge part of Cambodia’s sad history and it’s something definitely which should be done while you’re in Phnom Penh. I didn’t know much about the history of Cambodia before visiting but it was extremely eye opening.

In the evening we went to an amazing homemade noodle restaurant called David’s restaurant. They made the noodles fresh right in front of us - it was so good! 

Sorry that this has been a bit of a short post. My next post will be all about my visit to Koh Rong and Koh Rong Sanloem island.