Just as we were leaving the States last October, Season 15 of the Amazing Race was starting. After watching an episode in the States and getting hooked we subscribed to the season pass on iTunes. In episode 4 our favorite characters Zev and Justin (who pronounced Phnom Penh as Sean Penn) were eliminated after coming in first because they lost their passports during the race around the city. The surprising fact it that 100 meters from Wat Phnom – the final Pit Stop – is the U.S. Embassy. I guess getting a replacement passport was not within the Amazing Race rules.
In an effort to have our own Amazing Race-like experience as we toured Phnom Penh we got pictures at 4 of the 5 locations in the episode. It made for a great way to see the city. And sneaking into the Raffles Royal Hotel with rooms going for well over $500 was interesting as we had been out in the 100 degree heat all day and were quite the sweaty looking backpackers. Check out the pictures below.
Keith at the Foreign Correspondents Club
The Le Royal Raffles Hotel
Russian Market - location of the "Wrap" Detour, no Globetrotters when we were there
Wat Phnom - The episode's Pit Stop only 100 meters from the U.S. Embassy
To see the rest of our pictures from Cambodia click here.
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This is hilarious!! Looks like you avoided the ‘Detour’ of eating yucky food though…wasn’t it Cambodia where you said you saw all the snacking bugs? Hee hee…great last couple of days hanging out with you guys…hope we can do it again one day. Cheers!
This is clearly my favorite post of your trip. AR is my favorite show of all time and of course I remember all of those places! So much fun!! AR Season 16 just started and is just as good as ever! Hope evrything is going well! We need to Skype soon so we can catch up! Miss you guys!
Kate
Kate I was confidant you would comment on this post. I was thinking of you when I took those pictures. I am currently waiting very patiently for the AR season 16 episodes to download. They are already 2/3 done and iTunes is saying still have between 7-11 hours to go. I would kill for a little slice of high speed internet right about now.
Ha! We got a huge kick out of visiting the Amazing Race sights too! We went so far as to track down the actual booth at the Russian Market