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A village cycle ride

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August 2nd 2011
On Sunday morning I decided to go for a cycle ride through some villages near Takeo. It had been raining most of Saturday and was still raining quite a bit today so most of the dirt roads to the villages were pretty muddy and the bike was quite dirty by the time I got back. Since I first arrived in Cambodia I had been struck by the number of very large ornate entrances at the side of the road. ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Takéo

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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