Thursday, December 18, 2008

This is the Royal Palace where the present king and his parents live.
The National Museum was built in 1918 to house some of Cambodia's treasures.

The National Museum from the window of the apartment where Tashi lives and I am staying.

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Does the king have actual power to run the country?

Martin said...

Cambodia is nominally a constitutional monarchy. The King and his father and mother hold only the respect and admiration of their people. They are also said to be the least corrupt of the ruling class. Hun Sen is the prime minister and his party holds real power in Cambodia.

Martin said...

Cambodia is nominally a constitutional monarchy. The King and his father and mother hold only the respect and admiration of their people. They are also said to be the least corrupt of the ruling class. Hun Sen is the prime minister and his party holds real power in Cambodia.

Martin said...

Cambodia is nominally a constitutional monarchy. The King and his father and mother hold only the respect and admiration of their people. They are also said to be the least corrupt of the ruling class. Hun Sen is the prime minister and his party holds real power in Cambodia.

catsdancer said...

Thanks for the explanation. =)