Angkor Wat at dusk

Siem Reap

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May 10th 2006
Our first day in Siem Reap was taken up by recovering from the journey, getting some food, and recovering from the short walk to find food. It is swelteringly hot and sweatily humid here! After getting our bearings and finding out that the guesthouse we were taken to was a couple of km out of town we decided to relocate to a nicer place nearer the city centre. The major reason for visiting Sie ... 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