Koh Kong - Cambodia's Wild Frontier Town 🇰🇭 4K
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- Dodgy casinos, nightlife, little-known beaches & pretty nearby islands, bits of French colonial architecture, all set on a beautiful wide river mouth spanned by a very long bridge near the border of Thailand - yet a world away - in this remote frontier town. Koh Kong was under regular attack by the Khmer Rouge not all that long ago as it backs onto a massive range of endless hills & jungle which almost cuts it off from the rest of the country. Most travelers just whizz right on through, but there's a lot on offer here, not least a place to get away from it all. But this is definitely an example of 'the wild east', so come join us in this episode of Seeker of the Way to explore further.
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- A Walking Tour in 4K
Uncovering the secret places again... loving it... ❤😊
The buildings with no windows are the bird buildings, they have the speakers to attract the birds. They havest the nests for eating, mainly export. Not jails LOL
in the evenig you can see hundreds of them, coming "home" to this dark building
You would not want to take that boat to Sihanoukville. I took it many years ago. VERY overloeaded old catamaran. Had to crawl over cargo to go to the toilet. 4 hours late departure, they just kept loading and loading the boat. 4 hours hellride in rough seas. I actually prayed to God and I am not very religous
The train in your country on Time?
I first went to Koh Kong in 2000. The town has grown up a lot since then. I spent a week there on that trip. Hard to imagine spending a week there. I crossed the river on a small motorboat with a driver. There wasn't much of anything there 24 years ago.
Such beautiful sky ❤️
and the workers in the buses are from the industrial area between the bridge and the border, on the right hand
Good to know! Thanks! ;)
great video ideas, and I like the freestyle long format posts
Glad you like them!
Lol I love that you clarify about the chicken farms, as I've been hearing "references" since at least the 2010s when I first looked into traveling all the countries in SE Asia, and am at least curious enough to rent a motorcycle one day and drive by! Time will tell
the birds you hear at 10:40 are swallows from loudspeakers to atract the free birds. They (the khmer) harvest the swallonests for buisiness ;)
Amazing! How did you find that out?
I live in Koh Kong 20 years ago.,and still around and you
I usually pass through KK a few times each year on route between Bangkok and Phnom Penh but only ever stay for one night these days
Chicken Farm excellent 😘
I used to take the boat from Sihanoukville twice a year before the road through the mountains was built. The boat was known s the Koh Kong ferry. Cost was $25 from memory. The boats used were old Russian river boats and the trip was scary if the sea was rough. If very rough the boat was cancelled but this did not happen very often. In those days the chicken farms in Sihanoukville and Koh Kong were very active.
The same boat also ran from Siam Reap to Phnom Penh when the river was right. Rode both. The scariest part of the boat was the interior cabin and the single entrance / exit at the front. Those who chose to sit on the upper deck where safe but if the ship capsized or rolled ( mainly on the Sihanoukville to Koh Kong route ) those inside the cabin were trap, those on deck were simply thrown off.
Sweift birds, being raised for their nest. And I dearly miss that hotel that closed, the De Dean. If the Paddy Bamboo guest house still has the boat/hiking tour, i strongly recommend it. At the time they had a choice of day tour or an overnight tour camping, both offering a gourmet meal that appeared out of nowhere in the woods. Also, interesting story how "Dugout" guesthouse got its name.
Is Paddy Bamboo the one with the funny smokes?
Pray do tell us the Dugout guesthouse story about how it got its name, I'd love to hear it. :)
I was told by an expat living in Koh Kong that the Dugout was opened by a westerner with a Khmer wife. The husband, Doug, would drink and party at night and the wife could be heard yelling "Doug Out!!' and the name stuck!@@SeekeroftheWay-qt5kj
The restaurant mentioned at the end of the video was called FAT SAMs. Sam was a big guy and his restaurant was very good but sadly y it closed. I believe he has another place in town but only serves burgers. Fine dining in Koh Kong is now very hard to find.
That's right, I remember him! He knew pretty much everything going on around there.
welcome to cambodia .koh kong has beautiful island .🎉🎉🎉
Thank you
Can you tell me the name of the hotel?
I'm not sure, but it's right there on the river front as you turn right as you cross the bridge to enter town. :)
A department of cult, just what we need😄
Bird houses to get the nests... Chinese investment.
What percentage of the locals speak Thai?
Good question.
I've heard there is quite a bit of cultural/ethnic cross-over in terms of population. I'm not sure of exact statistics though. I would love to find out.
Perhaps one of the locals will see this & let us know.
@@SeekeroftheWay-qt5kjOtto died yesterday.😢
Very quite town must be boring.