Cambodia pictures 1999

Cambodia  Here are some pictures of Ankor Wat and the road to Poipet, the border town on the way to Thailand. The ruins of Ankor are a great place to spend a few days. This was 1999. At that time the tourist infrastructure was pretty well established already with some expensive hotels and service to and from the airport in Siem Riep. There are budget places to stay and good restaraunts in Siem Riep as well. Quite a few travelers pass through this town because it is not too far off the beaten path. A few wear the "Danger Land Mine" Cambodia t-shirts but most of that sort of thing has been cleaned up a long time ago. There is a local museum where you can look at some of the weapons and mines from a harder time. From Phnom Phenn it is handy to take the boat upriver to Siem Riep for around 20USD. It is kind of an interesting trip. A few travelers take the road. There are huge catfish in the river that get caught up in the fishermens nets on ocassion. They usually try to release them back to the river but once in a while they die in the net. You can also take the boat downriver to Phnom Phenn if you are going that direction. Some travelers head up to Battambang, the second biggest city in Cambodia where there were some real hard times during the Khemer Rouge period. Some go down to the coast to Sihanoukville and others are on their way to Vietnam. In 1999 there was not an easy way to travel between Laos and Cambodia but probably that has opened up by now. If anyone has more recent information about border crossings and wants to contact dutchpickle we will update our info. There is a web site www.talesofasia.com that has a lot of up to date information about Cambodia. It is a really good site put up by an American expat who lives there. www.dutchpickle.com

 

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