Snookered!

Rough Crossing

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August 23rd 2006
So we left you last,relaxed and ready for road in Trat. On Koh Chang all conversation about Cambodia had lead to bad news...corruption, swept away roads, rough sea crossings, pirates, ambushes. We were beginning to wonder if maybe it would be easier to book ourselves a hammock in Phuket and wait for our November 24th flight to Manila...but no we braved the frontier. We awoke early in Trat and ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville

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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