Cheung Ek (Killing fields)

A few sad days

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August 13th 2008
Hello again readers Yet another country to add to the list, Plus we made it through our first land border crossing.! Nic - We left Chau Doc in Vietnam via slow boat, up the mighty Mekong River (which originates in Tibet) past some lovely looking villages made up of a combination of floating houses and those built on stilts - we couldn't help wishing that these beautiful places had been a bi ... 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