Memorial at the Killing Fields

Phnom Penh

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February 15th 2012
So first impressions of Cambodia were not great...our bus that dropped us into 'town'after our river trip across the border bumped us on the outskirts of town that apparently was not on any of our maps and did not have a name. So therefore our only option was to pay one of his tuktuk friends to take us into the centre......this was not what we had paid for! luckily there was a group of us ... read more

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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