Phnom Penh in The Old Days, The 19th

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08 Nov 1991, Phnom Penh, Cambodia --- Cambodians on bicycles take in the sights of Phnom Penh. Norodom Sinahouk was re-declared Cambodian Head of State on November 14, 1991 after the official ceasefire was announced on June 24, 1991. --- Image by © Jacques Langevin/Sygma/Corbis © Corbis


13 Feb 1996, Phnom Penh, Cambodia --- Traffic on Monivong Street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. --- Image by © Kevin R. Morris/CORBIS © Corbis.


Former National Assembly, Phnom Penh - 1993


During the rainy season the river will reach almost the street. PP 1993




27 Feb 1975, Phnom Penh, Cambodia --- Original caption: Phnom Penh, Cambodia: Transportation being just one of the many shortages -- food, military supplies and other commodities -- in this besieged capital, this passenger on an elephant probably selected their only type of transportation available to get him to his destination. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS © Corbis.


When cyclo was famous, Phnom Penh, Cambodia - 1993






Chbbar Ampouv, Phnom Penh - 1994


November 1991, Phnom Penh, Cambodia --- Woman puts on makeup while looking in the mirror at a beauty parlor in Phnom Penh. --- Image by © Andrew Holbrooke/Corbis © Corbis.


2004, Phnom Penh, Cambodia --- Young girls wait during the recording of a television show for Channel 3 in Phnom Penh. --- Image by © Yves Gellie/Corbis © Corbis.


Breakfast Restaurant - Street 214, Phnom Penh - 1993


The River Tonle Sap @ Phnom Penh, Cambodia - 1996


Waiting for costumers @ Toul Tompoung Market (Russian Market) - 1993


Phsar Thmey, Phnom Penh 1994


Pre-1975 Cambodia


December 1991, Phnom Penh, Cambodia --- Wedding Party Outside Hotel Cambodiana --- Image by © Michael S. Yamashita/CORBIS © Corbis.


08 Nov 1991, Phnom Penh, Cambodia --- Children playing in a park. Norodom Sinahouk was re-declared Cambodian Head of State on November 14, 1991 after the official ceasefire was announced on June 24, 1991. --- Image by © Jacques Langevin/Sygma/Corbis © Corbis.


November 1991, Phnom Penh, Cambodia --- Woman in a beauty shop gets a manicure and pedicure. --- Image by © Andrew Holbrooke/Corbis © Corbis.

[Jamie_Lambo]

i would have loved to have seen this PP, the place looks so much nicer and cleaner

[Username Taken]

i would have loved to have seen this PP, the place looks so much nicer and cleaner

Most of that was a bit before my time, but I liked the old Phnom Penh more than today's PP.

[Jamie_Lambo]

i would have loved to have seen this PP, the place looks so much nicer and cleaner

Most of that was a bit before my time, but I liked the old Phnom Penh more than today's PP.

the whole place needs a big trash clean up and a new lick of paint

[ExPenhMan]

Wonderful photos. I would have loved to have seen PP in the '90s, too. Traditional women's dress and a bit of modernity, TV aerials on the roofs, looks like proper street lamps, cargo ships on the Tonle Sap (I think). Busy busy everywhere. No one staring into their smartphone. LOL

[franzjaeger]

Wow, so much space without all the Lexus 570's around.

[Bitte_Kein_Lexus]

I do wish I could have been around in those days.

[ot mien kampf]

Looks like present day Kampong Cham or Battambang.

[Barang_doa_slae]

In the late 90´s I squatted an expat villa in Tourlkok. What a playground it was for my rental Baja 250.
The night rides were a bit scary though...
Strangely i can't much remember the ease of traffic downtown but what I can remember very well that it wasn't until mid 2000 that there was any night traffic at all.

[Duncan]

In the late 90´s I squatted an expat villa in Tourlkok. What a playground it was for my rental Baja 250.
The night rides were a bit scary though...
Strangely i can't much remember the ease of traffic downtown but what I can remember very well that it wasn't until mid 2000 that there was any night traffic at all.

And you could probably count the street lights on one hand. I only arrived in 2003, and I can remember walking from riverside, past the Kandal market to my guesthouse at about 9 pm at night, and 20 watt bulbs were brightest light in town.