Cambodian Palace

Cambodia

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November 25th 2010
Phnom Penh We took a boat on the Mekong River from the Vietnamese border town of Chau Doc to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. The scenery along the way was beautiful…lots of stilt houses and many types of boats ranging from one person dugouts to 60 foot boats that looked like small ocean liners. At one point it started raining and ended up raining so hard that the captain slowed th ... read more

Asia » Cambodia

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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