{"id":833,"date":"2019-08-31T07:18:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T12:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/?p=833"},"modified":"2019-08-31T07:21:53","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T12:21:53","slug":"olympic-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charlesconklin.com\/4cambodia\/2019\/olympic-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Market"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Olympic Market was one of the three markets that I visited the most often during my term in Cambodia from ’06 to ’09. This was entirely because this was where buses heading to and arriving from Prey Veng could be found in Phnom Penh. The buses rarely left on time so that there were lots of opportunity to explore the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I visited it this afternoon. It hasn’t changed much over the last ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\nOlympic Market has stalls of all types but it’s primary attraction and what it’s known for are clothing and fabric. \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Navigating Olympic Market can be a bit claustrophobic like many of the markets here but, unlike Russian Market, it is well lit and clean. I’m not sure how accurate this is but I’ve heard that there are around 400 vendors in Olympic Market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The moto parking lot outside the Olympic Market. They attach a ticket to the handle and you take the matching ticket stub. I’ve heard it can be very, very difficult to get your moto back if you lose your ticket stub! Fortunately I’ve never had that experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Olympic Market was one of the three markets that I visited the most often during my term in Cambodia from ’06 to ’09. This was entirely because this was where buses heading to and arriving from Prey Veng could be found in Phnom Penh. The buses rarely left on time so that there were… <\/p>\n

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