Encountering Cambodia and Vietnam - Siem Reap, Tuesday 2016 February 16
February 16th 2016 After 25 hours elapsed time travelling, I arrived at the Garden Boutique Angkor Hotel, a lovely small hotel on a side street. The garden was in the quad, surrounding an enticing, fairly large swimming pool. The side street is off another side street.
I just finished (4:20 pm) a walk up to the night market, which my guide recommended as a place to have dinner after dark, which comes about 7:00;
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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 
