My part of Phnom Penh II

Hot Day in Phnom Penh

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July 13th 2008
Today, the heat has reached the maximum of the trip.....by 8am, it was burning into my room..... I had a kind of expat meltdown, first with the internet not working at the office nor the hotel, all the internet cafes don't have air conditioning, the wireless on my laptop had been disabled after trekking across town to find a cafe that had it, then the heat and the lack of air conditioning, but ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

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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