Mass graves

Not much Christmas cheer I'm afraid...

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December 18th 2006
From Siem Reap we headed to Battambang, the second largest city in Cambodia - they're are not many tourists here at the moment, only about 30 a day. We hired a couple of moto drivers and went out for a day to explore the countryside - the majority of Cambodia is extremely flat & also deforested to make way for all of the rice fields. It wasn't too long before we got a puncture and had to stop of ... 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