Paradise Found
March 26th 2009 After a couple of days in Phnom Penh sorting out our Laos visas, we make a dash for the border at Strung Treng. The no-mans' land stretching 20kms on both sides is dusty and begging for the rains to begin. It's really barren, bearing the scars of slash-and-burn agriculture. Each isolated homestead seems to be scraping a living, yet huge satellite dishes sit in every yard. It's not the most inspiri
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