border crossing

Enter Cambodia

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November 14th 2008
Hopping across the border from Vietnam to Cambodia by boat was truly a luxury experience. Boarding one boat in the Mekong we disembarked at the border to drink a beer while our boatman arranged our visas, a few passport stamps later and we were boarding a new boat which took us onto Phnom Penh. We had planned stay for just the weekend as we would be back in Phnom Phen for Christmas to meet Eric's ... 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