Wat Phnom

a real eye-opener in Phnom Penh

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August 10th 2007
After a lonnggg but ok bus journey from Ho Chi Minh to Phnom Penh we arrived and checked into the guesthouse that the bus dropped us off at. A friendly Cambodian couple got on our bus a few minutes after we entered Cambodia and gave us (really kindly) a guava each (we think it was a guava!) and a little packet of salt to eat it with- we were unsure at first how to even begin to eat it but after a ... 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