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The Royal Palace, Phnom Pehn

Phnom Penh: New Year’s Eve

I decided to hire a motorbike driver for the day, to see the list of sights I had planned to see in the Cambodian capital. For $ 10 USD, who could complain. But that’s not what I want to write about (I will get back to this in the next entry). It’s New Year’s Eve. I am 27 years old.
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row of skulls

Phnom Penh: The Sights

O.K. back to my motorbike driver. He was excellent, waiting for me while I had my meals and read every bit of information at the museums. Well worth the money. After a late breakfast, the first stop was the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek. The site was a lot smaller than expected, which made it even more haunting since over
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Phnom Penh: Happy Herbs Pizza

Excited by the fact that I would make new friends fast, I was excited to check myself into my new hostel. When I had arrived, it was about 2pm, and no one was in sight. No need to panic, they must all be out sight seeing. I went out for lunch and came back around 5pm. Still no one. I
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Eating fried tarantula

Phnom Penh: Land of Tarantulas

It was depressing to see Ding go. Despite our differences, Ding was amazing to travel with! We were scheduled to leave Siem Reap the same day: her to Kuala Lumpur (to take her 3 transits back home) and me to Phnom Pehn. Now begins traveling alone…again. The six hour bus ride was effortless…except for the fact that I didn’t eat
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