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Siem Reap

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September 13th 2009
This was a long day of travelling by bus. Cambodia is a very poor country where the rich are extremely wealthy and the poor are very poor. There is no middle class. It is extrememly corrupt - children even have to pay corruption fees to go to school everyday. There are a lot of street children who bombard you whenever you get off the bus asking you to buy things for "just one dollar". They are ver ... 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