Killing Fields

Phnom Penh: Off the Rails

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December 13th 2012
I didn't expect much heading to Phnom Penh. Even the typically gushing Lonely Planet guidebooks struggle to sell it. However, I was pleasantly surprised and more. We didn't stay particularly long, but the city felt like a place with a million tales to tell, most of them horrific. That, in my mind at least, made our 36 hours there intensely interesting. Arriving off the bus from Saigon w ... 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