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Tuk Tuk & Away!

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January 31st 2011
Saturday 1-8 Today is a day of travel. We got up early to see a floating village, where they have a catfish farm in the middle of the river. We then stopped at a riverside village of Indonesian settlers, where we saw one of the few Muslim temples in Vietnam. The women of the village made beautiful textiles; we got to watch one of them weaving a sari. And Raelene finally found banh ba – a del ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

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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