Phnom Penh markets
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Phnom Penh Crossroads

The pace and intensity that we travel even boggles us sometimes. We average about 2-3 days in each place and try to explore as much as possible–from local markets to monuments to mountaintops. Phnom Penh was a little different. The scruffy Cambodian capital does have some worthwhile sites, including incredible Khmer Rouge memorials, but really…

Battambang to Siem Reap
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Eye-opening Cambodia

Departing Thailand and entering Cambodia was like stepping back 50 years in time. It’s a fascinating country full of charms but cloaked with melancholy. Among the smiling children, waving grannies, chatty vendors, meditating monks, you can’t help but feel a sadness. Cambodia lost 34% of its population to the Khmer Rouge genocide and with a…