good night phnom phen...

meeting Jim Bean

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February 17th 2009
after our first proper bus ride (about 8 hours) we arrived in Phnom Phen to be greeted by a family of monkeys who were being chased away from a shop window in the middle of the city!! i wont lie, phnom phen is a bit of a blur to me... i remember walking around the city the first night, finding a nice bar called the magic sponge, getting stuck into a few games of pool with a gang of local lads & ... 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