Slow Day at a Phnom Penh Fruit Stall

Discovering Cambodia

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November 24th 2006
Dan, myself, Mandy and Griff crossed into Cambodia from Vietnam at Chau Doc, then boarded another boat, this one a long yellow one looking like a floating school bus, and we rode on the outside deck of the boat with our feet dangling in the spray. Again and again children came racing to the banks to wave at us as we motored by. We spent an incredible sunset hour gazing on the rice fields, to the ... read more

Asia » Cambodia

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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