Mekong_1

Mekong River flood plain

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October 13th 2007
Rats, I guess I'm still tired, this should have been before the reunion picture at the airport. Oh well. About 30 minutes before landing we started seeing the floodplain of the Mekong River. From both sides of the airplane it was obvious that we had arrived at the end of the Monsoon season when the Mekong slodds surrounding farmland in an annual cycle. NOTE - All pictures up to this point were ... read more

Asia » Cambodia

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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