After 3 days in Siem Reap, I thought I’ll be able to breathe again the city air in Phnom Penh, but it turned out that I’m still in for more doses of archeological adventure.
Phnom Penh is not the usual city (at least based on the standards of someone who grew up in it). For a country that uses dollars and imposes less tax on imports resulting to an unbelievable frequency of luxurious 4x4s, such as Lexus, I see along the roads, there are no high-rise buildings (someone told me that the highest probably has 8 floors only; but projects for taller ones are on their way) no McDonalds and Starbucks, no airconditioned malls, and other mediocre signs of capitalism and globalization. Continue reading »
