angkor

across the border to siem reap

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November 20th 2010
so after an ass numbing 6 hours bus journey from bangkok, finally arrived at the bordertown on arrany prathet, or how ever it's spelt. for some reason all the westerners on the coach got off, maybe they wanted the full experience of being mithered by the tuktuk drivers or they were so worked up waiting to be scammed that they didn't belive the driver who, bless him was trying to tell them in thai ... 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