Bats & salad

On the road again

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July 4th 2016
First a quick addendum to yesterday's post. Nit picked me up at 7.30pm and took me to yet another khmer restaurant and surprised me with an entre of boiled bats. I can safely say it wasn't quite the surprise I would have been looking for but when in Battambang etc... anyway the upshot is that boiled bat is, in my opinion at least, nasty, so poor Nit was left to finish the plate on his own. The lok ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » North » Siem Reap

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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