Phnom Penh

Hard to Handle

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January 10th 2011
We arrived in Phnom Penh. Just yesterday the news broke how over 300 people died in Phnom Penh at the end of a celebration that turned into a stampede. Today, the death toll was closer to 450 people. Our tour still goes on as planned which was questionable as the aftermath of tragedies can include riots and unsafe environments. Our first stop was the Khmer Rouge ‘Killing Fields’. On the ... 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