Playing in Phnom Penh

Cambodia and Awesome Angkor

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August 20th 2008
With just a couple of days left on our Vietnamese visas we caught a bus from Saigon to the border with Cambodia. The boarder formalities were straightforward enough and before long we were on our way to the capital Phnom Penh. Cambodia is the poorest country in the region, which was quite evident when we arrived in Phnom Penh. The city was noticeably dustier and the buildings more dilapidated ... 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