Backstreets of Phnom Penh

Happy Phnew Year

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January 1st 2009
After two full months on the move, we are starting to experience serious travelers’ fatigue. When a purported five-hour boat ride turning into ten hours parked next to the open engine fumes no longer seems charming but simply migraine-inducing, when at the end of each day the dust which coats your clothing, shoes and skin could house an entire termite colony, when facing incessant swarm of taxi ... 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