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KAMPOT
Is
a small town on the Tuk Chhou River, 5km inland from
the sea. Fishing and farming are the main
activities; durians and melons grow in abundance. To
the south end of town is a large dusty traffic
circle with three hotels arrayed around it – Phnom
Kieu, Phnom Kamchay, and Tuk Chhou.
Each has its own restaurants; Tuk Chhou offers a
seedy nightclub. Also on the circle is Prachummith
Restaurant, close by is Amar Restaurant. To the
south near the river is the GPO and
telecommunications building. At the north end of
town, about 1.5 km away, is the Central Market, with
foodstalls. All Kampot transportation is
concentrated within range of the market-cycle,
motors, taxis, trucks, and buses. The railway
station lies farther north. There’s zero of interest
in Kampot except to walk around town and look at
crumbling French-built blue-shuttered shop fronts.
Previously Kampot was a stepping-stone to Bokor and
Kep. You can reach Kampot by irregular plane service
from Phnom Penh. It’s not advisable to get there by
car. It takes about 5 hours to cover the 150 km from
Phnom Penh to Kampot. From Sihanoukville it’s
105 km to Kampot by a jumping and dirt road. The
train from Phnom Penh to Kampot takes seven hours.
It used to be a frequent target of the Khmer Rouge -
in a 1994 ambush, three foreigners were captured by
them.
What to see
Teuk Chhu Resort:
Is
the natural resort locating at Snom Prompi Village,
Mak Prang Commune, Kampot District in eight-
Kilometer distance, north of the provincial town.
The resort has water flowing from Phnom Dam Rey –
Phnom Kam Chay. The water is cool and clear flowing
down over the big rocks for year round. At Teuk Chhu
resort, there are valuable and delicious fruit like
Durian, Mangostreen, Rambutan, Mak Prang, Pineapple,
Grape fruit, Custard apple, coconut etc.
Preak Ampil Resort:
Is
the beach rich in white sand, mangrove and coconut
trees, and locates at Koh Touch Commune, Kampot by
the National Road No 3. At the resort, we can enjoy
the fresh seafood like crabs, cuttlefish, lobster,
snail, and varied sea fish.
Bokor Resort:
Locates at 42Km distance from the provincial town of
Kampot, and was found by a French people 1922 during
the reign of the King, Sisovath Before, Bokor was a
leisure place for French colonists who need to
exchange atmosphere from the plain area to the
mountain area at seaside.
The
Mountain of Bokor has 1,075-meter height, good
weather and beautiful natural view with big trees
and rocks shaping up as animal figure. In Sang Kum
Reas Ni Yum, there were public buildings, which look
like a city there.
At
seven-kilometer distance from the mountain, there is
a swimming spot locating the water ‘Po Pok Vil’. On
the top of the mountain, we can view the beautiful
scenery of Kampot town, Kep, Sihanouk Ville and blue
water of the sea.
Kampong Trach Resort:
Is
the rocky mountain having caves and natural wells
where arranged and worshipped by the tradition of
Cambodia, China and Vietnam. The resort locates in
38Km distance, East of Kampot town by the National
Road No 16. There is a natural well having 30m
diameter and other small natural wells having
four-meter stair and artistic stone look like animal
or object shape. From these natural wells, there is
along cave that we can go through to the La Ang Viel
Sre 100 and La Ang Thmar Dos. At these natural
wells, there are some evidences remain which prove
that the wells were the main filming place before
the 70th decade. At the front valley,
there is a pagoda of Chinese and Vietnamese. In
front of the cave, there is a Cambodian pagoda,
which has been now maintained and arranged by the
pagoda committee permanently. Among the above four
resorts excepted Teuk Chhu have not been renovated
and well organized yet. However there are tourists
and researchers visit the resorts
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