Asking for directions

This is one of the many times we stopped to ask for directions on Monday - I was starting to see the funny side by this point, possibly because me and Hak looked so grubby and were both so relieved to get off the moto for a while!

Gem stones, land mines, an ex-Khmer Rouge haven and... Karaoke?

March 18th 2009
Pailin is famous for gem stones, land mines and being a haven for ex-Khmer Rouge members. In the west of Cambodia, near the Thai border, Pailin was a Khmer Rouge stronghold; selling gem stones kept them going financially, they planted a lot of land mines here to compensate for having a smaller army than opposing forces, and a number of high ranking Khmer Rouge members sought refuge in Pailin afte ... 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

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