No smiling

Phnomh Penh and the Killing Fields

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August 15th 2013
The bus from Saigon to Phnom Penh never seemed to leave the city for the first couple of hours. Eventually though, the border emerged and our passports were whisked away by a little man on the bus. When we got to passport control, they still hadn't been processed and once this was done they reappeared in quite a random order. Ours had been separated by quite a lot of other passports. Soon enou ... 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