Kampong Thom and Kampong Cham

Kompong Cham: Mekong river, bamboo bridge, rubber plantations, Phnom Srey Phnom Pros hilltop pagodas and Wat Nokor.

Kompong Thom province has numerous small temple structures, the most visited is Sambor Prey Kuk

this page by the ministry of tourism has a run down of the sites of interest in each province of Cambodia

In Kompong Thom we usually use Arunreas Hotel (they also have a good restaurant). In Kompong Cham Mekong Hotel is good, next to the river, and if you cross the Kizuna bridge there are a few very good Khmer restaurants.. (mekong river lobster...mmmmm)

I only stopped for lunch at Kampong thom on the road from Siem reap to Phnom Pen, small non descript town on way to Skuon where I tranferred to bus going main rd to Kompong Cham,
There I was told to go to a restaurant which was called Prosh hotel, with Uk couple I met at GH on arrival I realised it was nothing more than a Brothel run by hun sens relatives, his family seem to be deeply involved in this seedier side of Cambodia. So we left and had great meal in the market place with good beer.The guy mentioned in the lonely planet Vannat is really nice dead straight guy and took me around just for a contribution towards his fuel costs and dropped me off at the ferry in the morning. I don't know if he's still there though, he was very helpful

Cambodian country homestay seven kilometers outside of KC (see rana-cambodia.blogspot.com). Also across from Phnom Srey is an old village in the tradtional style, i.e. it is not split by a major highway, there are many traditional crafts in this village that are difficult to find elsewhere. You will need interpretive support; although English and French are being taught by a French NGO, their level of fluency is in-
sufficient to translate. It is highly recommended. If you plan to visit there, please pm me and I'll contact Olivier, the French director, for you.

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Where did you get that dubious information from , a motodop?

apologies , should read prosh Hotel is or was , at least when I was there owned by Hun sens nephew

tiikrongdon; can you ever post information without directly plugging your homestay?

Thank you, all! I'll read further on these two places and possibly add them to my itinerary.

MM, its pretty funny the way you have to embellish your holiday tales to make them sound like a spy novel or something. Drama queen.

hankor #9 I don't need to embellish them, the joys of travel are an adventure in themselves.
I share my experiences to help others enjoy their own.
If denegrating others is your only adventure, then continue enjoying it at my expense Ha!Ha! that makes you out to be more of a drama queen than you try to make of me