One of the First Things I Saw by the Riverside

Phnom Penh (9-13 Dec 12)

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December 12th 2012
So this was it, a 4h+ bus ride later and I'd arrived at the final stop of the six-month leg of my Southeast Asian journey thus far, before I head back home to Singapore for a couple weeks' "rest". (It's actually been seven months since I first arrived in Surabaya in Indonesia on 14 May 12, but I did drop by back in Singapore a month later for a quick week's break before embarking o ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

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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