Monks at Sunset

Cambodia - Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh Part 2

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February 16th 2008
As we had some time to spend in Cambodia before our Vietnam visas started we decided to head to Sihanoukville on the coast for a while. It's like Cambodia's beach resort so we thought we'd spend some time at the beach as well as at the nearby Ream National Park. Our visit to Ream involved taking a boat down the mangrove-fringed river to an island where a walk through the jungle brought us to a ... 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