Wall carvings

Temples Galore

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February 7th 2007
After 2 days of bus journey from Banlung (I never left my hotel room in Komphon Cham as I was felling too ill, so can't tell you anything about it!) we arrived in Siem Reap. Its a bit of a different experience to the North-East of Cambodia, with more backpackers, more touts, more kids selling postcards/books/pineapples/cans of drinks, more tuk-tuk drivers and definitely more temples. The first ... 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