Phnon Penh street scene

The trip to Battambang

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March 21st 2009
I had emailed Som a couple of months ago asking him to arrange for a driver and car or van to take us to Battambang on Saturday, take him along with Rey and the kids to Boung Priene for the night and pick us up on Sunday morning to take us to Boung Priene for church. Rey’s dad is the pastor of New Life Church there. It is where I stayed while I was in Cambodia in 2004. There is no hotel in the v ... 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