The Silver Pagoda

It is called Silver Pagoda because there are about 5,000 tiles that cover the floor. However, you can only see a few of them because most of the floor is covered by a carpet.

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Phnom Penh

January 25th 2011
Traveling in Cambodia definitely takes time... On Sunday night, we caught the night bus from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh. It took them forever to get everyone seated in the bus (half an hour, although everybody had their seat number printed on the thicket), so the doors of the bus were open a long time, therefore the bus was full of mosquitos when we finally left. Phnom Penh is just 300 km from Siem R ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

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

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