Travel by Tuk Tuk in Siem Reap

Siem Reap and the Temples of Angkor

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January 5th 2007
We'd left the best until last and on Jan 02 we flew from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. Siem Reap itself was odd, in the nicest way. Great restaurants, including the fabulous Blue Pumpkin, where you could eat while rerclining on huge white sofa-beds, art galleries, shopping and bars - and glittery hotels which seemed slightly at odds with Cambodia as a whole. We stayed at the Angkor Village Resort - ju ... 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