We took a sad farewell of our Vietnam support group and took a four and a half hour speedboat ride up the Mekong river to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. After a couple of hours it was time to get our visas and cross the border, then continue up the river. Due to a storm in China, it was raining lightly when we arrived in Cambodia's capital city just in time for lunch. So far, we have had wonderful food on our trip, but this lunch was really exceptional. It must be the strong French influence!!
From the little I have seen so far, Phnom Penh appears to be an attractive city with some lovely buildings. They are presently building and planning for a public cremation of the former king who died fairly recently, and for the visit of heads of state for the summit which President Obama is attending. Unfortunately, we will have left the city before both these events take place.
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