Angkor Wat and Siem Reap
March 10th 2006 Well, we made it to Siem Reap after a very long boat ride up the Mekong River (7 hours). In was very interesting to see the countryside by boat. The poverty is much greater outside of Phnom Pehn. The river was lined with shanties and the water was filled with fishermen and women in their longboats. Children were so excited to see the boat go by. They would run to the waters edge to wave at us with
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