Oh Dear! This Phnom Penh is a Wonderful Sight!!

And it offers you paid pillion riding!!! The city also has the most amazing boulevards. And it has great Indian restaurants. If you feel let down and want to recharge those battered cells to take on the rough and tumble of the world, this got to be one of the best cities for you. It is one of those cities that give you the feel of monasteries while you are still in business. The city has survived some tough times, and is a living inspiration.

In the mid – 70s, when the CPK ruled Cambodia, if locals are to be believed, all college graduates were executed. Towns were evacuated and people were forced to go to rural areas and work in collective farms. In many areas of the country people were rounded up and executed for speaking a foreign language, wearing glasses, scavenging for food, and even crying for dead loved ones.

The serenity that one finds in the country now owes quite a bit to the international community which has helped in rebuilding the country. The Cambodian economy is small but vibrant with a lot of smiling faces driving it. And Phnom Penh indeed signifies resurrection.

PS: If you want to withdraw from the world for a while to reconnect with your spiritual self, I strongly recommend Cambodia.