Sunset

Cambodia

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December 28th 2006
After Ho Chi Minh City it was on to Cambodia for ten days of sunshine, wonderful scenery and surprisingly good food! We started in Kep, on the Gulf of Thailand. A fancy French seaside resort (Kep-sur-Mer) prior to the war, Kep was all but abandoned during the worst of the violence in Cambodia. Now as you drive through the streets you're surrounded on all sides by beautiful (but derelict) coloni ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Kep

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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