Cambodia Visit

First trip to Cambodia. It was a very interesting trip. Considering what people had told me about it.

"Dirty, no good roads, poor country, no infrastructure, unsafe, dangerous" etc. etc.

With that background, I went in with a bit of trepidation. And it turned out to be one of the more pleasant surprises for me. I landed at the airport expecting it to be some old building and was absolutely stunned to see a well designed albeit small, airport which was on par and in most cases better than many of the airports in the Region. The city was impressive considering what my mental picture of the city was. Well planned and people who mostly were very friendly. The roads were good! (so much for "mud roads"). I went out for dinner with a couple and the restaurants were good, well organized (along the river), and mostly looked safe J

What I was most impressed with, was the SIZE of the houses! I just cant get over it. They were HUGE houses, and more interesting- almost all of them COVERED with Metallic posts to avoid thieves (was that the "safety" issue everyone spoke about?).

For a country with such a painful history, the people looked at peace with themselves, and helped where they could.

Most understood English and spoke it much better than the Vietnamese do.

All in all a memorable trip which I enjoyed and I hope to go back – this time to see the Angkor Wat temples.

Here are some snaps.. Yeah, the traffic was a challenge J