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The All-seeing Eye

The Cau Dai religion originated in Vietnam and is a combination of bits of other faiths! The temple we visited near Saigon is a riot of colours with monks dressed in bright red, yellow and green...
Ho Chi Minh, to Phnom Penh, to Angkor in a week!

March 12th 2006
Location check - we just arrived in Thailand - three countries in three weeks! Taking a well deserved break at the beach on Koh Chang, an Island just South of Bangkok. Working on the tans, hard life, ho hum.. Saigon sagas: We finished off our tour of South Vietnam in Ho Chi Min City. (The South Vietnamese still call it Saigon) We had heard how busy it was, but we were still shocked by the ... read more
Asia » Cambodia

Cambodian Flag 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
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