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Holiday in Cambodia - Day 1

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January 20th 2006
Well I arrived in Cambodia, and the country is bonkers!!! It was a relief to land, as I felt like I had been travelling for days. Didn't get much sleep in Singapore, as I was sooo jet lagged and had to be up at 5 to get my airport transfer! Anyway, the hotel in Phnom Penh is nice, but everything around it is totally wild!! I've been to Egypt and that is crazy, but here whole families ride arou ... 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