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Un bateau-dragon lancé sur la Tonle Sap River, chaque rameur animé par la volonté de remporter cette compétition prestigieuse. Un effort collectif et une discipline qui ne peuvent que gagner l'admiratrion du public local.
Mais être le meilleur groupe de rameurs quand comme cette année il y a plus de trois cents concurrents n'est pas chose aisée...
On distingue de l'autre côté de la large rivière le Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel qui se dresse à la pointe de la longue presqu'île
séparant la Tonle Sap River du Mékong qu'elle vient grossir à cet endroit.
This dilapidated structure is right next to my fancy office building. I get so sad everytime I see the squalor that people are living in. They're replacing this building with a new one next door, but I'm sure that in time it will look like this too.
Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Wat Phnom ("Mountain Pagoda") is a Buddhist temple (wat) located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was built in 1372, and stands 27 metres (88.5 ft) above the ground. It is the tallest religious structure in the city. The pagoda was given the name of Wat Preah Chedey Borapaut. Wat Phnom is the central point of Phnom Penh.
Legend relates that a wealthy widow called Penh (commonly referred to as Daun Penh – Grandmother Penh – in Khmer) found a large koki tree in the river. Inside the tree she found four bronze statues of the Buddha. Penh constructed a small shrine on an artificial hill made by the people living in the village to protect the sacred statues. Eventually this became a sacred site and sanctuary where people would make blessings and pray.
Then it came to the year of the snake 1437 suggests King Ponhea Yat ordered His Excellency Decho Srei to raise the mount even higher when he finished building the new Royal Palace in the new city he then named Krong Chaktomok Mongkol or simply known as Phnom Penh. The prominent stupa immediately west of the sanctuary contains the ashes of the king and his royal family.
Wat Phnom is the center of celebration during Khmer New Year, and Pchum Ben.
Wat Phnom appeared on the Travel Channel documentary, 1,000 Places to See Before You Die. It also served as the Pit Stop for the 4th Leg of The Amazing Race 15.
The Central Market of Phnom Penh is a unique Art Deco building and a Phnom Penh landmark. It is a large market constructed in 1937 in the shape of a dome with four arms branching out into vast hallways with countless stalls of goods. The Central Market was designed by French architect Jean Desbois (1891 Cherbourg -1971 Lorient).
The Central Market of Phnom Penh is a unique Art Deco building and a Phnom Penh landmark. It is a large market constructed in 1937 in the shape of a dome with four arms branching out into vast hallways with countless stalls of goods. The Central Market was designed by French architect Jean Desbois (1891 Cherbourg -1971 Lorient).
The sprawling Royal Palace complex is right inside the capital city of Phnom Penh. Prince Norodom Sihanouk lived here during Pol Pot regime almost as a prisoner, blissfully ignorant of what was going on outside.
Phnom Penh, Cambodge
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is chronicling the Cambodian genocide. The site is a former high school which was used as Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge regime.