War memorial statue

Loving Kampuchea

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July 13th 2008
Leaving Bangkok early one morning by bus we thought arriving in Siem Reap, Cambodia would be a straightforward journey. Wrong wrong wrong! After busing to the Thai-Cambodia border crossing the border took an hour or so at immigration. As soon as we crossed the border everything changed so dramatically. The landscape became flatter, the children skinnier and the people far poorer. We had been warne ... read more

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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