Siem Reap

Hard to Handle Part 2

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January 10th 2011
After leaving Phnom Penh, we arrived in Siem Reap. The first stop was the floating villages. This is a huge and undesirable wake up call. The people who live in these villages simply bathe, swim, crap, wash plates, etc. in the same murky water. There were many children and babies living in these shacks of homes. As we were on a boat, smaller boats would come whizzing by and a child would jum ... 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