Angkor Wat up close

The wonders of Angkor and the poverty and sights of Phnom Penh

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April 12th 2008
After a well earned rest by the Coast, we were ready for some more sightseeing and journey-ing so we firstly made the pleasant enough 4 hour journey to Phnom Penh. Having only seen Cambodias capital at midnight on our whistlestop journey a few days previously we were quite suprised to see how run down it was. I mean, Cambodia is extremely poor but we weren't quite expecting dirty rubbish strewn st ... 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