cosmogenesis 2010: Phnom Penh

The pictures above and below are of our awesomely ghetto guest house in Phnom Penh, Guest House #9. The top picture is looking out from the bar and TV area towards Boeng Kak Lake. The highlight of the guest house was the permanently parked, and totally falling apart 2 floor boat that was parked at the end of the normal seating area. You could walk on to the boat, and climb to the second loft like floor, where the wind blew and the sunset was offered up with the best view of any of the guest houses. The picture below is the scene looking at some of the other guest houses from the second floor of the boat. All of the hostels in that area are basically rickety plastic shacks built on super ghetto "piers." So the bar, and common area was actually built over the water. The lake is super polluted, and in the process of being filled in for development, but it is by far the coolest place that we saw in Phnom Penh to chill. The Guest Houses are basically as bare bones and rundown as any in the world, but they can't be beat for price, $3 a night, or for atmosphere. It was an awesome place to spend a couple days drinking 50 cent beers, reading, and watching the kick off of the world cup.