Tag: phnom penh

• Know Your History: Christmas Invasion of Cambodia, 1978

  The beginning of the end of the dark periods of modern history began on December 25, 1978, when a sure-footed, well-oiled, Vietnamese fighting machine crossed the border, heading straight towards the nearly deserted Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. The ramifications and irony of such an invasion were lost on many people at that time, and…

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  December 28, 2014

  History & Culture, Vietnam

  1978, cambodia, Christmas battles, History, khmer rouge, Killing Fields, phnom penh, Pol Pot, southeast asia, Vietnam

• My Top 10 Favorite Places in Asia: Not Making the Cut

  I was doing an author’s interview recently and the interviewer asked what is my favorite place in Asia. That made me really stop and think. I’ve been fortunate enough to have traveled to some pretty cool places throughout east and southeast Asia. So I decided to do my blog’s first 10 ten series. I’ve compiled…

  sassevn

  January 25, 2014

  Places & Tourism

  Asian destinations, Bali, Bangkok, cambodia, phnom penh, top asian destinations, top places in Asia, Vientiane, Vietnam