Angkor Wat

"The Company"

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October 3rd 2007
After an overnight train from Ko Tao to Bangkok, we caught the 5am train to the Cambodian border. From here we intended to find our way to Siam Reap in the cheapest way possible. The guidebook told us that this would be easy as there are loads of cheap buses doing that journey. However, it seems that this is a bit out of date as there is now only "the company", which operates in a kind of mafia st ... 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