The village family that we met

Entering the Unknown

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February 13th 2011
The best way of describing Cambodia when you cross over the border from Thailand, would be that you you have stepped back in time 15 years. The roads are bumpy (to say the least) and our bus was like an old red City Bus from the 80s. Twelve hours after leaving Bangkok we arrived in our hotel in Siem Reap in northeast Cambodia. As the tourist industry in Cambodia is beginning to boom a lot of ne ... 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