Temple at Angkor

February 17th 2009
Among one of the poorest countries in Asia, Cambodia has only recently been able to open its doors to tourism due to its volatile past. In the 90s it was still dangerous to travel to Camboida as small groups of tourists were abducted and murdered, despite Vietnam pulling out the country in 1989 after ridding of the Khmer Regime of the 70s. Cambodia therefore remains more untouched, wild and less t ... 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

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Matt and Isaac

Hello friends. I'm just going to give a tiny summary of our plans just incase you didn't already know. We plan to fly to Hong Kong from London on the 16th January. 2 nights in Hong Kong before flying to Bangkok where we will explore some of Central and Northern Thailand (notably Chiang Mai, River Kwai, Ayuthaya). On the 1st February we leave from Bangkok to travel Cambodia and Vietnam hitting sights such as Angkor Wat, Kompong Cham, Phnom Penh, Sihanoukville, Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang, Hue, Halong Bay and Hanoi. From Hanoi we then aim to make our way into Laos before returning to Thailand an... full info

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