Southern Gate - Entrance to Angkor Thom

Week 4: Angkor Temples + Great Food

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May 25th 2007
Hi again, Hopefully tyhis can be quicker than the last email. So getting to the cambodian border was easy enough, but once there things got a little out of hand. We headed straight to the casino to avoid the taxi touts that follow you around at the border. We had heard people get taxis for about 20US to siam reap and we were aiming to get that or lower, but taxi drivers wouldn't budge from 35 ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville

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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