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Ancient temples near Battambang  
   

Ancient temples near Battambang

We've been to Angkor Wat before, the greatest ancient temples I've seen to date IMHO. So we only stopped to see these less exciting ruins since they were close by with a local guide we hired. Nice guy and a hard worker. Wish I could hire him at home. Too bad we can't cherry pick our immigrants. :)
Cambodia ain't for wussies

December 27th 2008
Cambodia's a sad place to be. First, it seems that everyone works really hard to just eek out a living. They work long days and have hardly any equipment to help them. They harvest rice by hand with metal scythes, still use cows for the heavy lifting and transport, and wash clothes by hand. The roads outside cities are often rutted like the moon and you have to zig zag about on a motorbike to ... read more
Asia » Cambodia

Cambodian Flag 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
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