Pat at Foreign Correspondents' Club

Phnom Penh

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July 26th 2009
After the grandeur of Angkor Wat, we set out for the capitol of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. One look at a guidebook and you might think we were headed for the kind of place you push heavy furniture against the hotel room door and just wait for the next bus out of town. However, we were pleasantly surprised that we were neither robbed nor injured during our brief stay. After the 5 hour bus journey f ... 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