Siem Reap-Siam Defeated
July 25th 2006 I read in the guide book that Siem Reap means Siam (Thailand) defeated, which the author that was a pretty subtle name for a city so close to the Thai border. Cambodians are supposedly still sore at Thailand for having occupied their temples for 10 years back a couple of hundred years ago.
Yesterday morning we set our alarm for 4:30am so we could arrive in time to see the sunrise over the temp
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