KL was looking amazing from the flight, but then which city doesn’t? We had landed @ 12:30 local time, and it was so hot and humid outside. LCCT is the least of the infrastructure you can put in an airport. We were joking that they might ask to walk in a queue once you disembark the flight, and it was actually the case :D . We were waiting for our luggage for a long time, luckily we saw our bag on another flight’s belt and saved some time. Next day, when going to Phnom Penh, we were very confused. The LCCT is very disorganized and we had to ask couple of times for directions in order to finish the check in and immigration. Anyways it’s like what you pay is what you get.

In our short 10 hrs stay in KL, it was not much different from any big city in India. The only notable difference was the roads – very good and broad. Didn’t have much interaction with locals here, but looking forward to mingling with them once we are back from Cambodia.

The Phnom Penh airport was at least better than LCCT. The biggest airport in Cambodia was still very small, but well organized. We did not face any trouble in getting visa-on-arrival, in spite of the fact that Kosha had forgotten her passport-sized photo (it was taken care of by two 1 $ bills :D ).

While going from airport to our hotel, we were amazed to see so many high-end SUVs like Lexus 480s, Rovers and Cruisers. Surprisingly, there is a complete lack of small and medium car segment in this country. It’s either plush SUVs-n-Sedans or the humble mopeds. It shows that there are less number of people in the middle-class range.

In a nutshell, Cambodia is in many ways like India. This is just a first impression. But we are eager to know more and interact with locals here.

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