river scenes

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip...

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March 29th 2009
Oh my, what a day….Just hum the Gilligan's Island theme song while you read. We spent eight hours on a boat between Siem Reap and Battambang. Eight hot, overcrowded hours with the most fascinating scenery along the Tonle Sap River. Small boats of all kinds - fishing boats, boats delivering goods and people, and even delivering motorcycles from one side of the river to the other in the absence o ... 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