Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. It is also economic, industrial, cultural, tourist and historic center. One of the ways to examine the city’s layers is to settle into a ”cyclo”, a kind of bicycle-powered rickshaw, for a three-hour tour of the city’s architecture.

 

Phnom Penh is a city of water. Some of its main streets were once canals, and there’s no better way to honor Phnom Penh’s riparian soul than with a sundowner at Maxine’s.

 

The meeting point for many tourists had become the main post office in Phnom Penh, built in 1895.

 

It’s good to visit the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum where at least 14,000 men, women, and children were tortured.

 

At Romdeng, another nonprofit restaurant in Phonm Penh, students serve traditional Cambodian cuisine, including crispy-fried tarantulas seasoned with lime and pepper sauce. Be aware that Khmer cuisine is not for the squeamish.