Mekong express

Cruising on the Mekong

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September 7th 2006
We travelled to Kratie on the tour bus, but this time we insisted on getting good seats after being shafted a couple of times previously with seats beside smelly toilets and seats at the back of the bus under the mercy of bumpy roads. So we sat at the very top of the coach and this lead to a very interesting and frighteningly journey as the coach bombed through the countryside. The scenery was ver ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » East » Kratié

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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