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Day 3 - Phnom Penh

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November 9th 2011
Mark was craving for a full English breakfast after only being away for 3 days! His Khmer "English breakfast" consisted of: 2 lovely fried eggs, something that resembled a sausage, 2 strips of raw meat (we assume bacon) and 4 baked beans on toast, not 4 portions of beans, but yes, 4 beans on toast :-) We then visited the Genocide museum S-21. This used to be a school that was used and transformed ... 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