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LATEST NEWSCity of templesIt has a lot of temples, I'm sure you can see them on the streets. The city is quite dusty, ppl here are friendly and nice, food is delicious ! This is a place for historical and cultural visit. Wonderful restaurantI have just had the most memorable time of my life visiting Cambodia. Angkor was amazing and the Cambodian people are the lovliest people I have ever met. It's really difficult to imagine the... The view from a neighbourThe 2nd time i got back to Cambodia. The 1st time i didn't visit Phnom-Penh so i must come back again to visit it again. I dunno why i'm very interesting in it or i can say that i love... my home land full of beautiful places_Pursat_phhom penh -cambodiawhen tourists visit "cambodia" frist they want to visit Angkor Wat, and want to know about khmer Culture and Tradition,raditional arts and crafts are abundant in Cambodia. Scuptures.,... TRUELY AMAZING!!!Cambodia is truly amazing. Definitely a whole different world. There are not to many things that I can say about Cambodia that I didn Wild, Wild EastWell, no one can deny Phnom Penh has a lot of "atmosphere" and it's certainly a good value, but not exactly Disneyland for a family vacation. Best to stick to the standard tourist... Sketchy, but exoticDefinitely an interesting third-world, exotic city to explore. The Russian Market made for some good bargain shopping. On a downer note, touring the Toul Sleng Genocide Museum was quite sobering--unbelievable... Phnom Penh has spiritIve made many trips to Phnom Penh in the last few years on some aid-type work. Likes - have yet to meet a Cambodian I disliked; the wonderful variety of good inexpensive international food (thanks... I want to go to Phnom Penh nowI want to go to Phnom Penh now ^_^. Im' free now and i want to go somewhere..and i think Phnom Penh is No1. Do you want go with me ? well.........likes........... cambodians are shy people but friendly. love being surrounded by cambodians. i feel i am in my country being together with them. dislikes.......... transportation is not easy... Province of Lhasa Situated in a wide, mountain-fringed valley on the north bank of the Kyichu River, LHASA (Ground of the Gods), at 3700m, is a sprawling, rapidly expanding, modern Chinese city with a population of around 200,000. An important settlement for well over a thousand years, it was originally called Rasa, but was renamed by King Songtsen Gampo in the seventh century when he moved his capital here from the Yarlung Valley. Following the collapse of the Yarlung dynasty two centuries later, power dispersed among local chieftains and the city lost its pre-eminence. It was not until the seventeenth century, with the installation of the Fifth Dalai Lama as ruler by the Mongolian emperor, Gushri Khan, that Lhasa once again became the seat of government. It continues now as the capital of the TAR and while glorious sites from earlier times are spread throughout the area, it is this third period of growth, following the Chinese invasion, that has given the city its most obvious features - wide boulevards and concrete-and-glass blocks. The Chinese population of Lhasa is highly active economically, with over seven hundred Chinese businesses in Tromzikhang market compared to just three hundred Tibetan. There are plenty of sights in and around the city to keep most visitors occupied for at least a week; the Potala , Jokhang and Barkhor district are unmissable, and at least one trip to an outlying monastery is a must. It's also worth taking time to see some of the smaller, less showy temples and simply to absorb the atmosphere of the "Forbidden City" which large numbers of explorers died in their vain efforts to reach around a hundred years ago. Offering tourists better facilities , with more choice of accommodation, hotel, restaurants and shopping than anywhere else in Tibet, Lhasa is the best place to arrange trips to other parts of the region. Whatever the comforts of Lhasa and the complexities of travelling outside, remember that the city is just one face of Tibet and 88 percent of the population live in the countryside. The City
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