Looking in on the village school

Come look! The barangs (foreigners) are coming!

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January 20th 2009
My first full day in Cambodia yesterday ...and the only thing wrong with the day was that I'm worried the rest of my trip won't live up to it ...it was so, so good! Fabulous in fact! I'd booked a day tour via the internet before I arrived (through Villa Siem Reap) to the Kompong Phluuk floating village - we ended up going to another village Kompong Kleang further away, and the tour was brillia ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » North

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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