Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh

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February 19th 2009
We took a long bus ride from Saigon to Phnom Penh, Cambodia and stayed at a hostel called #11 Happy. I love the names and signs in Asia...they try so hard to make sense, but usually just miss. The other amazing thing is the disorganized organization. We got on and off of our bus 3-4 times at the Vietnam/Cambodia border, taking our luggage off with us half the time. We also had to hand over our pa ... 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