Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Cambodia Recap 4/5/13 - 4/14/13

Recap of Cambodia:

Time in country:  10 days
Money spent: approximately $360 USD each
Currency:  Riel (Only used for small change as coins as they operate on USD).  USD is main currency.
Conversion Rate:  4000 Riel to 1 USD

Food:
Food is called Khmer and we truthfully didn't get true, traditional Khmer foods.  We actually ate a lot of Mexican food and sandwiches.

Places Visited (in order):  Kompong Cham, Siem Reap, Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville (Otres Beach)



Random Thoughts:
We found Cambodia to be kind of dirty.  There was literally lots of trash on the side of the roads and throughout the country, not to mention that because of the time of year we were there, it was quite dusty and hot.

The people were friendly and nice.  Surprisingly, and luckily since we had been warned, we were not overwhelmed by too many child beggars.

The videos shown on buses were HORRIBLE!  It was Khmer music videos which included the same music played over and over with "dancers" making a few steps and doing some sort of hand waving thing.

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