Travel Log #3B: Cambodia and Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh is a pretty big town, not as big as Bangkok. As my mini-bus drove into town from Siem Reap, you could mega-building projects: huge apartment complexes, a huge “Paris-themed” waterfront complex of offices made to look like Paris. All were entirely empty. All were likely built by China. China didn’t just build ghost cities in China, it built some in Cambodia too. If China doesn’t collapse financially, I’ll be amazed. Actually it’s already mid-collapse “China Style,” ie., a controlled collapse.

Here’s some pictures of Phnom Penh:

Pictures of Phnom Penh: Clockwise from upper left: my tuk tuk tour guide, part of the Royal Palace, the Champs D'Elysee knock-off, the Mekong River, Wat Phnom Daun Penh (and a view from a high point), the National Museum of Cambodia and the River front

The town is centered around the rivers running through it. There’s the Tonle Saap, which drains the Tonle Saap lake in the wet season, joins the Mekong that ultimately flows through Viet Nam and into the S. China Sea.

That’s it!