Ladder to the Buddha cave

The long and dusty road

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April 23rd 2008
Greetings Readers! we left the capital of Laos on 29th March, heading down & south to Tha kaek, a transit town for buses, situated by the mekong river across from which you can see Thailand. After two nights of visiting temples and fearsome thunderstorms we moved on to Pakse. On both these journeys we were accompanied by my sister Addrienne and her husband Dave, which gave us the opportunity to ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » North » Battambang

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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