I am on a boat to that area, the trip is a bit sudden and unexpected so I haven't planned anything.
Mostly I am going to check out some mildly interesting land plots.
Any suggestions on how to best spend 2 days there?
Anything interesting in Kampong chnang town, Kampong leaeng?
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I think Kampong Khleang is further up the Tonle Sap?
Kampong Leaeng over the river from Kampong Chhnang has some ancient Angkor style temples near the hills there - there's a bit of a ring road if I recall (sorry not been since 2006) that hits three of them - but frankly a bit underwhelming; but better than just sitting in KC itself - I went out for the day when we were visiting family there, certainly better to get out in the sticks & a bit of fresh air.
Kampong Leaeng over the river from Kampong Chhnang has some ancient Angkor style temples near the hills there - there's a bit of a ring road if I recall (sorry not been since 2006) that hits three of them - but frankly a bit underwhelming; but better than just sitting in KC itself - I went out for the day when we were visiting family there, certainly better to get out in the sticks & a bit of fresh air.
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i find Kompong Chhnang(port of pottery) a nice relaxing place,grab a tuk tuk and head out into the villages and check out the pottery,the country will be nice and green this time of the year,last time a was there we got heaps of nice pineapples for like 10 for $1,took heaps of them on the boat to Siem Reap.interesting also is a stop at one of the 100s of brick making places on the side of the road:)
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The Chinese-built Khmer Rouge airport just north of town is pretty cool, as are the bunkers in the hills nearby, but they will be flooded this time of year.
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/ ... ant-93937/
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/ ... ant-93937/
Perhaps I'm repeating the link but, per the (Khmer) people I saw it with, the runway was to be used by China to attach Vietnam, and the Chinese workers who constructed it were then killed to ensure that it remained a secret. Kinda cute.cyclingqueen wrote:The Chinese-built Khmer Rouge airport just north of town is pretty cool, as are the bunkers in the hills nearby, but they will be flooded this time of year.
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The workers were Cambodian, not Chinese. As far as I know, China supplied the military advisors and technical expertise, while Cambodian labourers were used. In the case of the hidden cave bunkers, labour was definitely executed afterwards. Only a few known survivors (I say a few, but I was told of only one, who now lives in Takeo and starts crying whenever it's mentioned). Labourers came from all over, not from the surrounding areas.
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