Ankor Wat at Sunrise

Cambodia

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January 7th 2007
I'm now here in Phom Pehn, having traveled by boat through the center of Cambodia yesterday. I entered Cambodia at Poipet about three days ago, planning on going to Battambang. Popet looked just like a frontier town, and I half expected to see Clint Eastwood or John Wayne swaggering down the road. However, I was struggling to get a taxi, so decided to join a group of people who had traveled fro ... 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