Kampong Thom and Kampong Cham

HenningWessel recently mentioned these two locales in a post (thank you for all the valuable information you have shared on this board, HW) and I'd love to learn more about them. Perhaps other readers would also. I'd appreciate any information anyone has re: what to see, where to stay and eat, etc.

Thanks!

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

Keep the stories up MM, some of us read them avidly. We are now all flocking to the Prosh (out of curiosity of course!)

I guess you have to keep throwing the Prime Minister's name around Montyman, as more than likely its the only Cambodian name you know. Its funny how some people seem to get the low down on everything within five minutes of arriving, must be some sort of superpower they have.

Wow hankor! that's two days now you've crawled out the wrong side of your pit
I'm sorry hankor I just didn't know you were his other nephew, the disparate disinherited one, sweeping the floors of the Prosh
actually I know two more cambodian names, I could share with you to increase your own knowledge, but that's the problem when you know it all; there's nothing left to learn ;-))
thanks for cheering me up, it even brought out the sun here in UK today

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Speaking of pits, I'm dreadfully sorry to hear of your misfortune.

#7 in this case he wants to know what's there and you'll notice I paid more attention to Amica NGO. We're relatively new and if someone
is curious about the area I see no reason to not mention it. By the way, you seem to be familiar with the area, why didn't you mention it
and save me the trouble? In the other post about language "no sugar" you seem to feel personally attacked-which was far from the case.
This is not a forum for either purists or overly sensitive people.

tiikrongdon; please refer to the Thorntree terms of use:

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There are many users on this forum who have their own businesses in Cambodia, and frequently answer questions on this board without even a mention of what they do. If users decide to click on a signature that's up to them, but you'll never get Battambang Helper for example saying 'come and stay at the Bus Stop!' You on the other hand refer people to yourself constantly .

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By 'it' I presume you mean your homestay? I'm afraid I cannot recommend services we have not used. If ít 'refers to something else I believe my reply in #1 was fairly comprehensive.

Come on by, I'll buy you a beer and we'll talk Camabodian

can you buy me a beer as well please, tiikrongdon but not at the prosh, in the market cheaper ;-)
Bangkok is so full of tourists at the moment. met a young American couple on river bus "how much you pay for your hotel?" I asked 110 they responded"110!! WOW! I pay 250 a night where are youstaying I asked "At the Merriot on the river" they answered " "110 baht at the meerriot? "No $110" Oh well and I thought 250 baht too expensive was 170 baht in January