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What Wat?

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October 7th 2009
In the aftermath of typhoon Ketsana the floodwaters are subsiding but the main road of Siem Reap is for want of a better word ''stuffed'' that is stuffed with bloody great rocks to fill in the potholes, however this would be a mere blip on the radar of Cambodian heartache. Some distressing facts are that: 1) 539,000 tonnes of bombs were dropped on Cambodia during the Vietnam war. 2) An estimat ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » North » Siem Reap

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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