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5 Days in Phnom Penh

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July 1st 2008
Before we begin this entry, I think we both feel that we gave Cambodia a bit of brush off, spending only two and half weeks there. Hopefully we can revisit later in the trip... It was a six hour bus ride into Phnom Penh. The city is big, bustling, and simultaneously growing and crumbling. With chaotic markets and badminton playing kids alongside relics of the recent kmer rouge past, it was a lot ... 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