Shopping at the Cambodian border market

More military, more Khmer sites

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December 19th 2012
Geo: 14.4749, 103.594Sitting outside the coffee shop about 6:45 writing up these notes when Max appears with another strong frothy coffee to help wake me up. I slept a lot better last night although still woke up with a stiff neck. We were supposed to have been leaving at 8:00 but a phone call tells us that where we are going is about to be visited by some senior Thai army officers-perhaps the ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more