Terrace of the Leper King

Disappointing sunrise at Angkor wat but mango shakes make up for it

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March 27th 2007
I'm very excited to be here in Cambodia finally! I mean I've been waitin' since grade 5 when I did a school project on the country but at that time it was called Kampuchia. Wow that was like 15 years ago! Anyway. I didn't do the Khao San Rd (KSR) travel agent bus ride thing because reading more about them, they are total scams. So I made my own way there. I wasn't too sure of when rush hour was i ... 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