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After lunch at a local restaurant, enjoy we’ll enjoy lunch at a local restaurant,
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the hotel was frequented by journalists and
foreign diplomats—Jacqueline Kennedy even Or, you may choose to join our optional tour
stayed here. Then, we’ll enjoy a ride in a _ST^ LQ_P]YZZY _Z aT^T_ -LY_PLd >]PT ZYP ZQ _SP
remork (the Cambodian version of a tuk-tuk, a oldest and most beautifully preserved temple
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opened in 1870 and now contains the Royal _Z`] TYNW`OP^ OTYYP] LYO LW^Z ZʬP]^ L RWTX[^P
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draws its name from the more than 5,000 -]PLVQL^_ 7`YNS
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Dinner is on your own this evening.
Day 15 Siem Reap • Explore Angkor
-]PLVQL^_ 7`YNS Wat temples
Today, we’ll venture into the heart of ancient
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stopping along the way for lunch and for a XTWP^ ?SP 6SXP] 0X[T]P L]T^_ZN]L_^ bSZ M`TW_
visit to the Kompong Krei bridge. Built around the temples and monuments here between AD
1000 years ago, the structure holds its title as # bP]P XZ_TaL_PO Md _SPT] 3TYO` LYO
the world’s longest corbelled arch bridge. -`OOST^_ MPWTPQ^ BPɪWW MPRTY L_ ,YRVZ] BL_
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before gathering for dinner at a local
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restaurant.
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-]PLVQL^_ 7`YNS /TYYP] to stand in the courtyard of this temple
whose towers represent Mount Meru, the
center of all physical and spiritual universes
Day 14 Tonle Sap Lake • Optional and the home to many gods in Hindu and
Banteay Srei tour Buddhist mythologies. After, we’ll visit the
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structure’s 54 stone towers are embellished
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villages, where we’ll meet and interact with the spirit of one of Cambodia’s most beloved
locals we encounter along the way. After, VTYR^ 5LdLaL]XLY A44 ?SPY bPɪWW XLVP L
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