46) Around Phnom Penh

Chip arrived in Cambodia a couple days ago. Since then we have been hanging around Phnom Penh the entire time, and checking out some of the markets and some of the sites. Yesterday we visited the Royal Palace, which is quite beautiful. We also walked by and Independence Monument, which is a beautiful structure in the middle of a round about. Pictures of both the Monument and the Palace can be seen below.

The one thing I think I am regretting from yesterday was going out to lunch with the housekeeper. She is Cambodian, and agreed to take us to lunch with her- which I suspect is causing some stomach problems with me. I had fish-head soup and rice, while Chip had rice and whole salted fish. Both of them were actually pretty good, but the germs I suspect were not so good. The entire meal for the three of us cost $1.25- pretty amazing in my opinion.