Mel

Phnom Penh - Deep Fried spiders anyone?

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June 10th 2006
Left our hotel in Saigon at 6am to cross the border over to cambodia in a public bus. the vietnam border is pretty simple then you get on the bus again and travel 1km through no mans land to reach the cambodia border. After paying my 20US dollars for the visa and getting everything stamped about 5 times we realised that the bus had dissapeared. luckily our tour leader was there and informed us ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

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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