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Cambodia

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May 28th 2011
What have I been up to in Cambodia? thurday 26th may.........Arrived in Phnom Penh just after a huge thunder and lightening storm had just passed. Headed back to Le rits and had a late dinner. on friday......The Killing fields at Cheung Ek - a traumatic reminder of Cambodias past, the place where mass killings and burial of 20,000 cambodians (men, women, girls, boys and babies) and some ... 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