The Mekong finally reaches Phnom Penh, the rapidly growing capital with its Royal Palace and National Museum displaying ancient Khmer artifacts and the heartrending Toul Sleng Genocide Museum.
Also at Phnom Penh, Mother Nature intervenes in the Mekong’s gaining momentum with the world’s only “river with return”, the Tonle Sap, which absorbs the monsoon season backflow to prevent flooding while filling the massive Tonle Sap Lake, peppered with floating fishing villages.