Angkor Wat yet again

Crazy SE Asia...

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August 16th 2007
Here is the next installment coming right up.... We left Laos and got an overnight train back to Bangkok, on arriving we decided that we didnt want to spend any time there so headed straight on a bus to the Thailand/Cambodia border in Aranya Prathet/Poipet. At the border we encountered the notoriously corrupt immigration officals, as we were getting our visa there we had the 20 USD payment rea ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more