Dan at Entrance to Angkor Thom

Siem Reap (7th-9th March)

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March 14th 2007
After a 12 hour bus ride to Bangkok we grabbed a taxi across town to the North-Eastern Bus Station and picked up a bus to the Thai-Cambodian border. After about 5 hours we were dropped off about a mile short of the border so we grabbed a tuk tuk (who tried to rip us off several times!) but finally arrived at border control where we passed through pretty uneventfully. That was at least until we got ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor

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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