Temperatures are hot throughout the year and the monsoons can be immense and devastating. The months between November and February are typically excellent ones in which to visit Phnom Penh, as the temperatures are moderate, the rainfall levels are lower and the humidity is bearable. The city was only made Cambodia’s capital in 1866, even though its history goes back much farther than that. All of the more recent rulers have left their mark on the capital. Beginning in 1863, the French occupied the territory. As a result, much of Phnom Penh features design and architecture that appears to be straight out of Paris. Long, tree lined boulevards and ornate buildings seem at once out of place and perfectly at home. During the French colonial period,
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