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Happy Chinese New Year, Tet and Valentine's Day Cambodia!

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February 14th 2010
We fled Vietnam and Tet two days ago bound for Cambodia and a blissful escape from the holiday transportation lock-down that plagues Vietnam and China. I believe that we, and by we I mean all backpackers in flight across the border over the last week, held too-high hopes that the constantly moving border between Vietnam and Cambodia would hold firm over the holiday time: Vietnam celebrates, Cambo ... 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