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EASTERN CAMBODIA
If it is a walk on the wild side that fires your imagination, then the northeast is calling. It's
home to rare forest elephants and freshwater dolphins, and peppering the area are thunder-
ing waterfalls, crater lakes and meandering rivers. Trekking, biking, kayaking and elephant
adventures are all beginning to take off. The rolling hills and lush forests provide a home to
many ethnic minority groups. Do the maths: it all adds up to an amazing experience.
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Kompong Cham
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This quiet Mekong city, an important trading post during the French period, serves as the
gateway to Cambodia's northeast. Most action is on the riverfront. The surrounding
province of Kompong Cham is a land of picturesque villages and quiet Mekong meanders.
Some of Cambodia's finest silk is woven here.
Sights & Activities
Koh Paen
For a supremely relaxing bike ride, it's hard to beat Koh Paen. This rural, traffic-free island
is connected to the mainland about 600m south of the Mekong bridge by a motorised ferry
in the wet season and an elaborate bamboo toll bridge - totally rebuilt from scratch each
December - in the dry season.
NEIGHBOURHOOD
Wat Nokor
(admission US$2) The ultimate fusion temple, Wat Nokor is a modern Buddhist pagoda
squeezed into the walls of an 11th-century temple of sandstone and laterite. Located about
2.5km west of the bridge over the Mekong in Kompong Cham.
BUDDHIST TEMPLE
Sleeping
Daly Hotel
HOTEL $
 
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