Wednesday, November 12, 2025

2025 Cambodia And Vietnam: Random Phnom Penh

 Independence Monument, built in 1958 to celebrate Cambodian Independence from France.  It is meant to reflect a blooming lotus and stands 37 m (121 ft) high:

Behind it is the Norodom Sihanouk Memorial, built in 2013 to commemorate King Norodom Sihanouk:


Apparently it was graduation time; students were getting their pictures in front of the monument:


Looking back from the Independence Monument:


Looking back from the Norodom Sihanouk Monument:


A rarity for an American:  The North Korean Embassy



2 comments:

  1. That traffic circle is big enough to be a racetrack!

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  2. Nylon128:13 AM

    Fair amount of space around that Memorial TB. One wonders how many embassies that branch of the Communist Party has around the word.

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