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A school bus drives by in Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2002. With Cambodia still recovering from the Pol Pot regime, most of downtown Phnom Penh was covered in dust roads and colonial buildings. Loved the atmosphere, it's a bit more aggressive and grim , but still a lovely place.

Leisure & pleasure; 2 on a moped.

A nice trip, with two on a Savannakhet rented moped. It's a wide open (country)road, one of the many in Laos. You can easily plan a loop from Savannakhet, even if you are not a skilled driver you should be able to make it on the roads around Savannakhet.

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Flirting with the Armenian border, the ghost town of Ani, Turkey. Called the "City of 1001 Churches," it is a great place to visit, easily reached from the town of Kars. Went up there in 1993, The Kurdish PKK was very active these days. Meaning no tourist / no transport to the old Armenian town, but we were able to find a Kars based taxi to give us a ride. A lot of the big magnificent buildings are still around, and the scenery is just great. Don't know what the situation is these days, but in 1993 you could spot the guarded Armenian watchtowers on the other side of the river.