As the world turns.
Cambodia is actually a pretty awesome country to travel in. The people are freindly to americans but despise the french (double bonus). The town of Siem Reap (which is where you go to visit Angkor Wat) has a surprisingly large and hopping bar area on the aptly named “beer street”. There are massage parlors (legit ones) everywhere where you can get a whole hour of back, body or feet for about 3 dollars. Some nights I splurged and got a second hour. The people are very proud of their strides in rebuilding their education and are proud of even achieving a high school diploma. They have a substantial monument in Phnom Penh (the capital) with some large piles of skulls left over from the killing fields of the khmer rouge as a testament to what happens when leftists get full power.
I would suggest Cambodia, and Vietnam (which has some stunning landscapes, awesome food, and freindly locals as long as you get out of the big cities) as vacation destinations before they get wrecked by rich tourists. Cat Ba island has stunning scenery, and you can still get a huge bowl of pho and a couple liters of beer for 3 bucks