Siem Reap

Blood, sweat and tears

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May 14th 2012
Our journey to Siem Reap was less eventful than our previous, other than the fact that our lift to the station didn’t materialise and so we almost missed our early morning bus. However, when we did get on board, we kind of wished we had missed it, as we were trapped in a hot bus with broken air conditioning and sealed windows all day. Things did pick up at sunset, when we changed buses and cruis ... 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