Phnom Kampong Trach is located about 38 kilometers east of Kampot provincial in Kampong Trach district. It is a rocky mountain with few plants. The site includes a cave at the foot of the mountain, as well a number of small mountain wells that local people of Cambodian, Chinese and Vietnamese descent use for worship.
Several smaller wells have artistic stones that look like animals and other objects. Only one of the mountain is different, because the mountain soil have seven different colors and its wells is 30 meters in diameter. From this large well, there is a cave way to Viel Sre Muoy Roy and Thma Dos wells, which were used by filmmakers in the 1970s.
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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Teuk Chhu
Teuk Chhu is located about 8 kilometers northwest of Kampot provincial. It is a good place for swimming and bathing, because the cool and clear water was flowing over large rocks year round. There are many kinds of delicious fruit available, including mangos teen, pineapple, grape fruit, custard apple, coconut and other fruits. Not far away from Teuk Chhu is a Zoo and plantation organized by His Excellency Nhim Vanda. The zoo raises animals, while the plantation grows a variety of fruit trees, including durian and other fruits.
Phnom Bokor
Bokor is the highest mountain in Cambodia is 1,075 meters high and located about 12 kilometers west of Kampot province. The temperature at the top is often quite cool, because the road is poor, and the 30 kilometers trip from the base to the top of the mountain can take up to two hours and sometime longer it’s depending on the mode of transportation.
We will find a lush forest, large rocks shaped like animals and sailing junks, as well as a spectacular panoramic view of the Kampot countryside, Sihanoukville and the bright, blue sea at the mountaintop. However, the two-tiered waterfall is a fine place to bathe on a sunny day on Phnom Bokor. The upper falls are 14 meters high and are the best place to swim. The lower falls are 18 meters high and can be reached by a path and wooden stairway that is signposted from the upper falls.
Phnom Bokor was first discovered by a group of foreigners in 1917 and later organized by a Frenchman named Roulouse on April 13, 1922 during the reign of king Sisowath. During colonial times, Phnom Bokor was a place of leisure for the French colonists looking for an alternative to the coastal plain.
We will find a lush forest, large rocks shaped like animals and sailing junks, as well as a spectacular panoramic view of the Kampot countryside, Sihanoukville and the bright, blue sea at the mountaintop. However, the two-tiered waterfall is a fine place to bathe on a sunny day on Phnom Bokor. The upper falls are 14 meters high and are the best place to swim. The lower falls are 18 meters high and can be reached by a path and wooden stairway that is signposted from the upper falls.
Phnom Bokor was first discovered by a group of foreigners in 1917 and later organized by a Frenchman named Roulouse on April 13, 1922 during the reign of king Sisowath. During colonial times, Phnom Bokor was a place of leisure for the French colonists looking for an alternative to the coastal plain.
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