Cheeky kids at Bayon

Into Cambodia

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November 7th 2006
After travelling back to Bangkok for 1 night, I then undertook the 15 hour journey to Siem Reap, Cambodia. The bus to the border was superb with aircon, films etc...however, the bus from the border was little more than a glorified lorry which we then had to sit in for the next 6 hours covering terrain more suited to a NASA moon rover! Whilst in and around Siem Reap I did the following: Visit ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor

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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