Vendor

Five minutes of backpacker fame & The gayest day of my life

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January 14th 2010
An uneventful five-hour bus ride later, we're in chaotic, polluted, bustling Phnom Penh. A tuk tuk takes us to the backpacker ghetto of Boeng Kak, named after the lake on which shores it is located. However, the lake is not much to speak of, looking as though at least half of it has been filled with sand, with the remaining water appearing polluted and toxic. Later we read in a local newspaper tha ... 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