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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.
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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.
Tourist
attraction:
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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,
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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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