Rice fields

Day 4 - Phnom Penh

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November 10th 2011
Another adventure began. Tuk tuk to bus station for 2 dollars. Took a 7 hour bus journey to Siem Reap for 6 dollars each. It was wonderful to get out of the city and to begin to see the countryside and how the Khmer live. The beauty was stunning: very green with palm and cocanut trees and other vegetation, water buffalos, houses on stilts, children swimming where buffalo lived, enourmous rice fiel ... 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