AN EVENING IN KAMPOT

AN EVENING IN KAMPOT

AND ONE ON MINES

AND ONE ON MINES

ROCKET SEX?

ROCKET SEX?

CONDOM MAN

CONDOM MAN

SAFE SEX MESSAGE

SAFE SEX MESSAGE
If you must do it do it in a bell jar!

THE HULK

THE HULK
Of course there's always some eijit that can't leave well enough alone. Boulders made from painted foam. I hope they look more realistic in the movie.

MOVIE SET

MOVIE SET
A Korean war movie was being shot when we were there, I'm surprised we were allowed to wander around.

NICE COLOUR SCHEME

NICE COLOUR SCHEME

ENTER

ENTER

HOTEL

HOTEL

CASINO

CASINO

LODGE

LODGE

Now abandoned, most of the buildings are still standing and the hotel in particular can still be explored. The strategic importance of the location is underlined by the fact that the Cambodian authorities maintain a Ranger Station on the site, and this doubles as a youth hostel with basic dorms and cooking facilities for those that make their way up here. The only other "inhabited" building on the site is a small temple. There is also a waterfall which tends to be dry in high season and in full flow during rainy season - hence few tourists ever see it in full flow, as travelling up the hill to Bokor is highly inadvisable in rainy season.

Reaching the top of Bokor Hill requires a 32km grind from sea-level to the top of the 3000ft peak up a broken road that is barely passable under optimum conditions and takes 3 hours to complete in either direction. Most travellers hire a local driver-guide and travel on the back of a motorbike or in a 4x4.

CHURCH

CHURCH

BOKOR HILL STATION

BOKOR HILL STATION
Bokor Hill Station is an abandoned French town built in 1922 high upon Bokor Hill. The town was built as a resort by the colonial French settlers to offer an escape from the humidity and general insanity of Phnom Penh. The centrepiece of the resort was the grand Bokor Palace Hotel & Casino, complemented by shops, a post office, a church and the Royal Apartments.

LOADS OF ROOM

LOADS OF ROOM
Spotted this fella driving ahead of us. The car was travelling at a decent speed and the road was very bumpy. No idea how he stayed on.

DAY 11

Tuesday we hopped into the back of a pick up truck and went to Bokor National Park.
Visited Bokor Hill Station which was a summer retreat, on top of a mountain, for the French when the temperatures got too high.
A Korean war movie was being made at the time we were there.
Later on we took a quick drive around town to take photos of the funny condom signs.
Had dinner at the Little Garden Bar.