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Floating Village

Despite the large amount of tourists that pour into this province, the area is one of the poorest in Cambodia. This is wrong: seems to be corruption that is forcing this imbalance.
I'm all templed out!

July 19th 2006
I arrived in Siem Reap Airport and found myself a way to get to town - motorbike me thinks, I'm getting to like this mode of travel! The bike ride to the centre of Siem Reap cost only one US dollar and I was met by a fairly nice Cambodian dude, around my age. On the way in we had a good chat and he offered to be my personal driver (for a fee, of course!) for the next few days while I visited th ... read more
Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor

Cambodian Flag 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
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