Phnom Penh: the ‘next Prague’
Feb 12th, 2007 by Jinja
Phnom Penh: the ‘next Prague’
“Yo Chuck, they must be on the pipe, right?”*
http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/travel/11next.html
I read it in the New York Times, (and Cambodia Daily) so it must be true…
I suppose from street 240 and environs things do look pretty swell for visitors.
Just ignore the squatter camps on the outskirts of town.
Postscript, Feb 16, 4:05 pm: Gridskipper contributes a charming photo mashup and some well-intentioned if occasionally inaccurate elucidations on the scene. (Java/Sala Arts is not an internet cafe, and while the Pink Elephant is dear to my heart, it is not the best restaurant in town.) Meanwhile Phnomenon is keeping tabs on the ‘Phnom Penh Prague’ meme. T-Shirts, anyone?
articles like this make it tough to take the times seriously but fantasy publicity is still good publicity i guess – thanks very much for your advice, hope to run into you sometime, i’m the scruffy guy at the blue pumpkin.