Tag: “Kampot”
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The Ghosts of Bokor Hill Station
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.
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The French colonial shophouses of Kampot
Don't worry about locking your bicycle up in the sleepy riverside town of Kampot. But do check out the Epic Arts Cafe, a small NGO-run place that employs local people with disabilities.
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Kampot is a sleepy place.
Unlike in the capital, you should have no worries walking in the street in Kampot. The only thing that might run you over is a lone durian merchant.
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For Sale! Needs work...
Even though crumbling French colonial shop houses abound in Kampot, there is apparently a huge real estate bubble going on in this sleepy riverside town.
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Riki Tiki Tavi
The Riki Tiki Tavi guesthouse is in beautifully converted old rice barn on the river in Kampot, Cambodia. It is run by a wonderful Dutch lady and her British partner.
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Bokor Hill Station Hotel
Often enveloped in a cloak of eerie fog, the Bokor Hill Station (Kampot, Cambodia) was a colonial retreat built by the French in the early 1920s. Later, it was used as a base for the Khmer Rouge, and today tourists come to visit a French colonial ghost town.
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Church at the Bokor Hill Station
Amongst a smattering of ruins, a church emerges from the fog (the Bokor Hill Station–Kampot, Cambodia).
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Church graffiti
Behind the altar, sermons come in the form of grafitti (the Bokor Hill Station–Kampot, Cambodia).
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Hotel, Bokor Hill Station
The skeletal remains of the abandoned hotel looms ominously on the horizon (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).
