This photo journal, the last in the Laos/Cambodia series, features some more photos from Phnom Penh. Most of them feature Wat Phnom, where the city was founded, plus a few other miscellaneous photos.

A little more Phnom Penh history & background: Legend has it that Phnom Penh was founded in 1372 when a wealthy widow named Penh found four Buddha statues in a tree trunk on the banks of the Mekong river. She housed them on a man-made hill nearby. The town that emerged around the hill came to be known as Phnom Penh or Hill of Penh. ... (more)