Royal Palace Gates

Dorothy on a Bike, Cambodian Genocide & Back-up Dancers

---

January 17th 2007
After a quick plane ride from Siem Reap, I spent the next few days roaming the streets of Phnom Penh. Sunburned & nearly getting killed on my favorite mode of transportation, I toured the monuments, National Museum, Silver Pagoda, Royal Palace, Independence Square & finally the quiet waterfront of the Tonle Sap River situated very neatly outside my guest house, the Indochine Hotel. Being on a bike ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

---

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