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From the Foreign Correspondents Club: Phnom Penh

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Phnom Penh First of all I would like to thank new readers from Belgium, The Netherlands, Thailand, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. Phnom Penh   Lion at the Royal Palace Strange Town. No question. Very tough here. Baking hot. Seemingly poorer than Laos. The busted streets remind me of India. There is much street poverty here though held in restraint somehow. I've been around Phnom Penh on a moto. Big moped. Seen the centre and much of the unmetalled, rock and mud roads too. One feels like an old man having stepped off. The food here is the best I've ever eaten. Fish is freshwater. From the Mekong, the curries are just lovely, with peanuts, lime and chilli but not too much chilli. That deadly foodgroup is left kindly on the side if you wish to hurt your tastebuds. My moto driver Sun is a fountain of information and is very thoughtful too. He takes me places, like the Khmer Parliament building. Obama was there a couple of months ago. And the Olympic stadium. Th