Cambodia's capital, PHNOM PENH,
sprawls west from the confluence of the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers. Despite
initial impressions, the heart of Phnom Penh has a strong appeal. The French
influence is evident in the colonial shop-houses lining the boulevards, with
the occasional majestic monument or public building animating the cityscape.
The Phnom Penhois are open and friendly, and the city itself is small enough to
get to know quickly.
Itinerary
DAY 01: ARRIVE – PHNOM PENH
Arrival at Phnom Penh by Air Asia, meets with
your tour guide, and transfer to check-in hotel. We visit the Royal Palace
situated on the site of the former citadel, and next stop will be Silver
Pagoda, home to a glittering array of Buddhist statuary. Then we visit the
National Museum, the world’s leading museum of Khmer sculpture. We continue
visiting Wat Phnom, standing atop the artificial hill built in the 15th century
stands a stupa containing the ashes of a king from the same period. Overnight
at hotel.
DAY 02: PHNOM PENH
After breakfast, we visit the killing field of
Cheung Ek – a soccer-field-sized area surrounded by farmland, the killing
fields contain mass graves, slightly sunken, for perhaps 20,000 Cambodians,
many of whom were tortured before being killed. A memorial building stands in
the centre of the killing fields, many of the skulls inside were pulled from
the mass graves, we visit the Toul Sleng, known as the Museum of Genocide
Crimes. In 1975 Toul Svay Prey High school was taken over by Pol Pot’s security
forces and turned into a prison known as Security Prison 21 (S-21). It was used
by the Khmer Rouge as detention and torture centre in the later 1970. Today the
building houses exhibits, paintings and photographs of many of the victims.
Visitors can see the crude cells built in the classrooms and the torture
devices used to extract confessions. In the afternoon, we proceed to visit the
Independent Monument, visit NAGA world casino or visit Night Market (if time
permitted) and drive along the river for a view of the city and its local
lifestyle. O/N at hotel
DAY 03: PHNOM PENH DEPARTURE
After breakfast, this morning you are free at
leisure until transfer to the airport for onwards departure flight.
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