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Down The Road I Must Travel

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November 16th 2007
My journey to Stung Treng was pretty darn “exciting”. The bus was scheduled to leave at 6:15AM and I set my alarm for 5:30AM…which turned out to be unnecessary as the cicadas (maybe??) started to chirp around 4:45AM…definitely was not falling back to sleep. I had told the guy who served me my food the night before that I wanted eggs in the morning…well, they ran out of eggs apparently ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » East » Stung Treng

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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