Stairway to Phu Si

On the Doorstep

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June 18th 2009
So we've learned a valuable lesson about long-term backpacking on this trip: Leave something BIG for the end. It's been just a hair over four and a half months that we've been away and we've only got about three weeks left. Lynn and I decided to shave about 4 days from our trip so that she could make a little side trip home to Ontario before having to get back to work. As fate would have i ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » North » Siem Reap

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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