Banteay Srei

Temples and Torture, our time in Cambodia

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November 18th 2007
This blog has 2 distinct parts, the beautiful and the downright brutal. We left Bangkok to head to Siem Reap, the gateway to Angkor Wat. This journey was the most researched and the worst of our whole trip. Basically a direct bus ticket is a scam, and can make the journey that took us 9 hours take anywhere up to 24!! We ended up getting a government bus at 5 am to the border town, then a tuk ... 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