I was a little worried that Phnom Penh would be too seedy for us to enjoy. The warnings online are pretty severe. After a good bus ride through the country side it's nice to be proven wrong again. It is surely the busiest of all the city's so far, but it doesn't feel at all unsafe. All the hostels in hostelworld were cheap with terrible reviews, so we splurged on a super cute boutique hotel. They treat us like kings for only 30 bucks a night (which is really pricy here) and we can walk everywhere we need to go. Crossing the road is pretty crazy and the pollution and daily storms keep us on our toes. We found a hip German run gallery/theater that shows documentaries and has live music. We saw a great live ambient tech band and on another night watched a bunch of films on issues in SE Asia. We learned a lot: mostly that a huge portion of the places we have been are rife with meth abuse. Which explains the behavior of most of the tuk-tuk drivers we encounter every day.
It took us a whole day to figure out that this is home made motorbike fuel. Every little shop sells it.
Way too polluted for a long tuk tuk trip. Masks are essential.
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