Phnom Penh - A city still recovering from the atrocities of the past
December 21st 2010 We landed in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, after a short flight from Vientiane in Laos, and after paying $20 for our visas we picked up our luggage and got a tuk tuk outside the airport, towards the riverside area where we wanted to stay. As soon as we were out of the airport and on the main roads we saw the craziest traffic and most chaotic driving we had seen so far on our whole trip - Ba
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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 
