Another good bunch of people!!

8. 3-9th August. The killing fields.

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August 8th 2007
3/08/07 Got the bus to Phnom Penh at 8am which took 6 hours. Luckily for me I sat next to an American bloke called Josh who was the only other backpacker on the bus. A really interesting guy to talk to and didn't even listen to my i pod once the whole journey. His uni is sponsering him to study local peoples feelings to the Khmer Rouge. He had been in Cambodia for about a month already so he was ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

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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