Trainspotting

Come on ride the train....

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February 27th 2006
From the profound, to the bizarre, to the horrific, so go our travels through Cambodia. Angkor Wat is, as expected, breath taking and exhausting all in one. The constant begging and postcard offering is both frustrating and sad but when a region, and in many ways an entire country, depend on the "walking white ATM", you have to understand. Then onto Battambang. Which, since we couldn't r ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

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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