Phnom Penh remains a contradiction – the evidence of westernisation is growing by the hour, it seems, and yet it still has all the sights and sounds and smells – good and bad – of a third world city.   2013 sits comfortably alongside centuries of society – and it’s a smorgasbord for the senses.

For people watching, you can’t beat an Asian city – and Phnom Penh remains my favourite.

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