Introducing Takeo
Takeo, the quiet, lakeside provincial capital, is an excellent base from which to take a zippy motorboat ride to the pre-Angkorian temples in the Angkor Borei area, and is an easy stop if you’re travelling between Phnom Penh and Kampot. Little visited by foreigners, it lacks the architectural charm of some provincial towns but does retain some of its French-era legacy, especially around Psar Nat.
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Cycling groups en route from the Mekong Delta to Phnom Penh, via the Phnom Den–Tinh Bien border crossing, often stop off here because NH2 has luxuriously wide, paved verges/shoulders.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Japanese Encephalitis
by cekoz 30 April 2012
I live and work in Takeo, I'd say don't bother. It's an incredibly expensive injection (at least in the US) and the risk is almost non…
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RE: Japanese Encephalitis
by HenningWessel 20 April 2012
I wouldn't bother. No pig farms in the vicinity of Takeo as far as I know.
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RE: Japanese Encephalitis
by guybino 19 April 2012
thanks for the reply herbie Im staying in Ang Tasom, about 10 minutes away from Takeo, its right on Highway 3, its pretty rural, but…
