Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Cambodia in October: Heading to the south on Highway No.4


I rode in a car going south to Kampong Som or Sihanoukville.  Not so long after riding out of the city along Highway no.4, I saw such a damped accident.  In the middle of crowd lied two bodies and scrap parts of motorcycle behind a ten-wheeler truck.  Traffic in Cambodia is very terrible.  Many motorcycles buzz around without fear.  Away from suburbs of Phnom Penh, we passed  through toll gates and after that all I saw were beautiful paddy fields and palm trees with mountains background.



"Tob" means room and "Tuek" means water in Khmer so the toilet is called "tob tuek".  In Cambodia, the official currency is Cambodian riel but actually US dollars are used universally even in the supermarket.  There are many ATM s in the major tourist areas which dispense US$.  If you pay something in dollar, you will get riel back for the change with a fix rate of 1$ = 4000 riels.

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