Border crossing into Cambodia

Phnom Penh

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February 17th 2007
At first Phnom Penh did not appeal the way most of Vietnam did. There was not the same buzz about the place. However, after a wee scout around we found it wasn't too bad after all. If we thought we had seen some horrifying acts of cruelty in Vietnam then there are no words to describe the genocide that took place in Cambodia under Pol Pot in the 1970s. Again we had read a book (First They Kill ... read more

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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more