visit to Preah Vihear Temple

From Siem Reap I took a motorbike wih driver to check out the new road
to Preah Vihear. It was the first time for the driver as well, but I
was confident that he was the right one for the trip, although he did
not know about the new road...

The part from Banteay Srey to Anlong Veng (94 km) was really bumpy.
After an delay of 1 hr (flat tyre) we reached the old Khmer Rouge
stronghold at lunchtime. The new road from Anlong Veng is fantastic,
all bridges are finished now. It was possible to do the 107 km to
Preah Vihear in less than 3 hours! It is now possible to access the
mountain with a 4WD, but for our small bike it was to hard...

We reached the mountaintop before sunset and had a quite evening
there, after all the Thai tourists had already gone. Some Khmer who
work there provided us with a simple room for the night. Except us and
6 young guys from Phnom Penh there were no overnight visitors.

PV at sunrise is an incredible sight. I had the whole temple for
myself for about 2 hours, until the first drink stalls opened. Time
for us to go back. We reached Siem Reap at 5 pm.

There is a new section on my Cambodia Pages with some photos from this
trip.

If anyone has updates, please post them here.


Bernie


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