Big Buddha

A short stay in Cambodia

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March 2nd 2006
Hello everyone, so after staying in our first hostel for a couple of nights, we moved to Bangkoks more notorious backpacker destination of khao san road. This place has more or less everything you need, accomodation for under a quid a night, food for about 25 pence, yet more fake stuff...and a mcdonalds and burger king. We also took in some of the sights of bangkok on a tuk-tuk. We originally w ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor

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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