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You can just make out the 12 towers by Angkor Thom in the distance.
Siem Reap

March 24th 2007
Fri 23rd March: Met our tuk-tuk driver at 9am outside the hotel, he was far more friendly than yesterday's driver and spoke really good English and lent us some cheap sunglasses so that we wouldn't get dust in our eyes on the 7 or 8km drive to the silk farm. The Silk farm was our first stop. The road there was stupidly bumpy, as the Tuk-tuk driver explained : The Thai governeme ... read more
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Cambodian Flag 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
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