Sunrise over Angkor Wat

Desperately seeking sunset

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August 7th 2007
Day 112 Today was a travel day. We left Kampot on the bus at about 7am and arrived into Phnom Penh around 11.30. Our next bus was to leave at 1.30 so we found a little cafe and had some iced coffees while we waited. We got into the cafe just in time as at around 12 it filled up to bursting point with local people on their lunch hours coming to watch the Thai Boxing on TV - obviously a regular ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor

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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