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Triumph at Last: The Trek to Virachey's Haling-Halang Mountain

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April 19th 2015
I've been trekking in Virachey National Park(VNP) year after year after year. This past January (2015) was my 6th trip to the park, and my fourth attempt to reach the top of the sacred Haling-Halang massif, which straddles the Cambodia-Lao border in one of the remotest corners of the Park. This time magic struck! More specifically, we ha ... read more

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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