Photo: Danger Mines!

Place: Bokor Hill Station, Kâmpôt, Khétt Kâmpôt, Cambodia

By Frans & Claire van der Lee
Uploaded on 6 July 2008
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Danger Mines!

The contingent of soldiers currently living in the ruins of Bokor have a grim task ahead of them - clearing the surrounding hills of unexploded ordnance. Outside the old hotel is a small collection reminding tourists not to wander off to far.

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Story: Come gamble in Bokor! A charming hilltop retreat surrounded by landmines.
When most visitors to Cambodia think of ruins, visions of ancient Khmer temples rising out of the creeping jungle come to mind - an abandoned French colonial hill station, surrounded by unexploded ordnance, swathed in mist does not.