Follow the history of the Khmer people at the National Museum. Photo / Herald on SundayBy Kerri Jackson
The New Zealand Herald
High on the hilltop at Wat Phnom is a good place to start any visit to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh.
Granted, at 27m high, it is by New Zealand's mountainous standards more of a grassy knoll than a hill, but it's the only one in the city and the temple atop it is the city's oldest building and the one for which it is named.
As such it's an appropriate place to begin to appreciate everything that makes Phnom Penh such a fascinating and oddly charming city.
From the cool, tree-covered oasis of Wat Phnom step out into the jostling chaos of motor scooters - the badge of honour of any Third World city worth its salt.
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