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PHNOM PENH
Description:
Phum Penh is the capital of Cambodia, costs on merge of the rivers Tonle Saps and the river Mekong. According to a legend, the city has developed from a monastery based on this place by the nun the Stub which has noticed a tree trunk floating across Mekong on which there were four bronze and one stone statue of the Buddha. The monastery Pnom with a mortar has remained up to now and is one of sights of a city. Besides, the Complex of the Royal palace into which enter the Throne-room, the Royal treasury and Napoleon%27s III presented by it to the Cambodian king and the Silver Pagoda the country house is interesting. The floor of a wooden building of a pagoda is paved by silver blocks, and in a temple are stored a statue of the Emerald Buddha (17 century) And the statue of the Gold Buddha executed from 90 kg of gold and decorated with brilliants. Also it is possible to visit a building yellow Psa Tmej Yellow market (Psar Thmei), constructed in style art-deko, and the National Museum where the greatest is stored in the world a collection искусста the khmers, including a sculpture, ceramics, bronze sculptures and ethnographic exhibits.
Climate
Pnom-Penh is in a zone of a climate of tropical savannas. The average temperature in a current of year fluctuates not considerably and remains at level +30 — +33 degrees of Celsius. From May till the October the period of monsoons characterized by a considerable quantity of deposits.Transport
The international Airport of Pnom-Penh is in 7 km from city center and serves flights from any points of the world.
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