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The Ho Chi Minh Highway
The modern day Ho Chi Minh Trail is more symbolic than exact – it’s not the original trail, but a relatively new highway, which was completed in 2002 to the chagrin of many who believed it to be a foolish endeavor, a colossal waste of money, and a tribute to an artifact of war that represents bloodshed, death, and to some, defeat.
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Easy rider
My rented motorcycle on a 4-day ride through Vietnam's Central Highlands along the Ho Chi Minh Highway.
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The Ghosts of Bokor Hill Station
Story written 7 July 2008
In Southwestern Cambodia, the ghostly Bokor Hill Station whispers tales of French colonial splendor amidst bullet-ridden walls and graffitied rubble. A visit to this uniquely Cambodian ghost town offers an unusual experience of the country's history.
Dancefloor
The hotel's parquet dance floor beckons from beyond a thin covering of rain water (the Bokor Hill Station–Kampot, Cambodia).
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Graceful stairway
The graceful stairway and faded inlay of the floor are reminders of a stylish past (the Bokor Hill Station–Kampot, Cambodia).
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Graffiti in lichen #2
Inside the abandoned hotel, graffiti abounds–much of it scraped from the colorful lichen and moss that cover the walls (the Bokor Hill Station–Kampot, Cambodia).
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Graffiti in lichen
Inside the abandoned hotel, graffiti abounds–much of it scraped from the colorful lichen and moss that cover the walls (the Bokor Hill Station–Kampot, Cambodia).
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Hole in the wall
A hole in the pockmarked wall leads the eye to a pile of bricks in the next room (the Bokor Hill Station–Kampot, Cambodia).
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Broken window
The decay of Bokor's hotel has its own, distinct beauty (the Bokor Hill Station–Kampot, Cambodia).
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Hotel window, Bokor Hill Station
Abandoned it may be, but life goes on inside Bokor's crumbling hotel as nature slowly reclaims the building as its own (the Bokor Hill Station–Kampot, Cambodia).
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Cheryn Flanagan has been a member since 10 November 2007 and goes by cherynf.
Currently in jetlag purgatory.
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I'm a vagabond on hold in San Francisco–designer by day, travel writer by night, and photographer whenever I get the chance.
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