Thursday, December 17, 2009

Free Range Cambodia

After you leave the city of Siem Reap, paved roads disappear and the dirt road becomes a dusty free for all. There are no fences so everything roams freely everywhere. In the 2 days we travelled I saw only a dozen cars but there were 100s of motorbikes, bicycles, water buffalo, ducks, kids, cows, chickens, dogs - all wandering around the streets or sunning themselves in the middle of our lane. In many places the road was a cloud of red dust with holes big enough to hide a volkswagon.
It took over 3 hours to reach our first destination - the ancient temple of Prasat Preah Vihear that sits high atop the Dangkrek Mountains at the highest point in Cambodia.
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