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Siem Reap and Angkor

May 23rd 2005
Like many others, we had bought into the Euro-centric idea that in 1858, some European explorer had hacked his way through the jungle and "(re)discovered" the ruins of Angkor... which had been lost deep for centuries. Well, we found out Angkor was never lost! But this lie is perpetuated in textbooks and websites to this day. How did this horrible untruth come about to be accepted in the ... read more
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Cambodian Flag 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
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Zak Keith and Marion Faillard
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Zak Keith is a musician and a technology management consultant formerly with Accenture (Andersen Consulting) Marion Faillard is a fund-raising officer at UNICEF. We come from very different backgrounds when is comes to traveling experience. In 2005, we were a Restless Traveler + First-time Backpacker Come 2006, we are both equalized as first-time motor-tourists on a "Harley" vacation in Europe :-) For more about us see www.soulent.com/zm2005... full info
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