Our last free full day in Cambodia (Sunday) was spent seeing some of the sights beyond the main Angkor park attractions. We had planned on heading out on Saturday, but Sam got hit with some kind of ninja bug Friday afternoon, and by that evening, he was in full-blown chills, sore throat, runny nose and…
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I have wanted to visit Angkor Wat since I was a teenager. Growing up in Indonesia and Malaysia, I had the opportunity once to visit the Borobudur and Prambanan at a time when people didn’t recognize those names, thanks to my dad who took my older brother and me. The Borobudur is magnificent: the largest Buddhist temple in…
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Siem Reap is a city in the Northwestern area of Cambodia, and is most well known for being the gateway to the famed Angkor Wat and the other magnificent temples comprising the Angkor Archaeological Park (more on that later). The town itself has some highlights — it is very international in terms of cuisine — but it…
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