Angkor Wat

Indochina Tour

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November 6th 2006
We started this tour of Thailand and Indochina about 2 weeks ago. It has been a very strenuous tour and we have had very little time to ourselves -- no "days at leisure" like we had in NZ and Australia. We started the tour in Bangkok where we stayed at the Shangri-la Hotel which is a very nice hotel on the Chao Phraya River, the "River of Kings," which runs from Northern Thailand down to the Gul ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » North » Siem Reap

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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