Located at the junction of Mekong, Bassac and Tonle Sap river, this city has been Cambodia’s metropolis for most of the last six centuries. Though entrepreneur ideas arrived with markets fully stocked with hi-techs or smuggle electronics and cars, PhnomPenh is still a rather dusty, small town feel with its sprawling wats (pagodas), old fade French’s colonial buildings and an imposing Royal Palace dedicated to its old day monarchy system.  

Brutal legacies of genocide that occurred under the Khmer Rouge are displayed at ToulSleng, the old school that was used as a torture place and has now been preserved as a museum and a nearby killing field, an area that around 17.000 human beings were executed and dumped in a mass grave. Fierce historical remains, these sites are sobering reminders of Khmer Rouge regime and the rest of the world’s failure to stop. 

Words fail to describe the magnificence of Angkor as it truly is with over a hundreds temples built from the 10^th to the 13^th century, which devoted to Buddha and Hindu deities and are almost all in good shape. Within the impregnable city of Angkor Thom lies the Bayon, a world treasure of human art-work lined one after another with multi faced statues. Other highlights include the buddist  temple of Taprohm which has not been restored as it was when French explorers stumbled upon it in the 1860’s or a vast temple of Angkor Wat complex dedicated to Vishnu deity in the early 12^th century. Many others temples was found covered with fantastic carvings depicting religious and folk stories or scenes which can be viewed from daily life. 

Lies off  Phnom penh 140 miles to the west, Sihanoukville is the only deep-sea port in Cambodia. The construction of the town was initiated and completed by the French as a present to the King then. With its fine sandy beaches, Sihanoukville is always a perfect place for swimming, scuba diving or just for taking a sunbath. Take a boat to visit one of the many island nearby and never forget to try so fresh the seafoods.