Stung Treng

Leaving Laos/ Entering Cambodia

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April 5th 2007
LAOS / CAMBODIA BORDER CROSSING - (April 2007) Tues 3rd April Unfortunately, the crossing of the Laos/ Cambodian border again turned out not to be a straight forward exercise as I had hoped it would be. After catching a small motor boat from Don Det with a few other people first thing in the morning, we travelled for 5 to 10 minutes across the Mekong River to a small town on t ... 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