Downtown

APAD 125: Monivong Boulevard

Posted by The Insider on Jul 26, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, downtown, sights, That's My World, transportation | 2 comments

This is Phnom Penh’s Monivong Boulevard. Picture taken a little after 12noon.
Monivong Boulevard is one of the main thoroughfares and crosses the city from north to south, beginning from the Japanese Bridge where the knotted gun monument is located and ending in Monivong Bridge.

Named after the King Monivong of Cambodia, Monivong Boulevard is also known as Street 93 to old-timers. Since this picture was taken a little after lunchtime there was visibly less traffic. Typically, Monivong is a busy street teeming with lots of photo-perfect sights for those who have the eye and quick impulse to grab a camera and shoot.

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>Mellow Yellow 005: French colonial buildings

Posted by The Insider on Nov 30, 2009 in A Photo a Day, All things Khmer, buildings, downtown, Mellow Yellow Monday, sights | 7 comments

After weeks of being busy with the conference, I am slowly creeping back into the blogosphere through this week’s Mellow Yellow Monday entry.

One of the things I like about Phnom Penh is the mix of traditional Khmer and French colonial architecture, such as the one above, that are remnants of Phnom Penh’s heydays. This particular building, located along the busy riverside strip, is one of the lucky ones that survive the civil wars and are being refurbished and rented out. Others were simply torn down to make way for modern (but ugly) buildings. I hope people will realise that these colonial buildings ought to be preserved, and not obliterated, as these are reminders of the old-world charm of Phnom Penh’s colonial past.

>Back to the grind!

Posted by The Insider on Jul 10, 2009 in A Photo a Day, All things Khmer, Cambodia life, downtown, mobile uploads, Phnom Penh | 0 comments

Bumper-to-bumper traffic in Phnom Penh

>Phnom Penh viewed from Chroy Changvar Bridge

Posted by The Insider on Feb 24, 2009 in A Photo a Day, All things Khmer, buildings, Cambodia life, downtown, Phnom Penh, Wordless Wednesday | 3 comments

This is Phnom Penh. I live here for more than 9 years now, and, everyday I feel that the landscape changes, no thanks to recent construction developments. Soon, western-styled apartment buildings will replace old colonial buildings and traditional Khmer houses, thus losing a big part of the Cambodian heritage and culture 🙁