Last Updated: 23 September 2007
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Cambodia is happening. One might call it the bad boy of Southeast Asian destinations (or like hanging out in your buddy’s really cool makeshift garage bar—where the parental figures are always some place else). It’s a different kind of travel destination: a little rebellious, spirited, raw and wide-open.

Because of the country’s history over the past several generations, the visible lack of adults over the age of 50, and its recovering economy, it has steadily drawn the attention of veteran travelers, expats and nomadic entrepreneurs who are seeking a new frontier that they can afford to stay in, assist in, or profit from. Though it is one of the poorest countries in the world—which explains the monsoon of aid workers here—it is a country rich in history. Just take a trip up the Tonlé Sap river to Siem Reap where famed Angkor Wat reigns and you’ll understand the pull of this postwar country in recovery.

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