We took a boat from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh, and the ride was about 7 hours long. I got to see the backside of the backpacker medal, as I was feeling really sick for the entire ride. In Phnom Penh we stayed for two nights at Sunday Guesthouse, which was a nice, very clean hotel with helpful staff. They got us Vietnamese visas in one day for $45. We got a private driver for one day ($5 per person), and went to the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the killing fields. The fact that Tuol Sleng used to be a school didn't make the atmosphere less creepy. The very recent history of this country (late seventies) is so unbelievably brutal.
Apart from this, we went to the Russian market, Wat Phnom, the royal palace and the silver pagoda.
Cambodia turned out to be my favorite country from the trip. The people were friendly (though some sellers on the streets wouldn't take 'no' for an answer), and I fell completely in love with the colors; dusty and faded like in an old photograph.
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