Form number 2

Crossing into Cambodia

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May 22nd 2009
We left 4000 islands at eight on another little boat and made our way across (again!) to the mainland. We waited around for ages for another boatload of people and were then squeezed into a little minibus for the bumpy fifteen minute trip to the border. We had to give our passports to Laos customs so they could stamp them to say we had left and then we walked abot 200m across no man's land and the ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » East » Kampong Cham

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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