Showing posts with label Tourism. Show all posts
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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Kamping Poy Dam (Battambang)




Welcome to Battambong province… is located in Ta Ngen village, Ta kriem commune, Banan district, and 30Km away from the main city. It’s Kamping Poy Dam….

The Khmer hands built this dam, during the time of Khmer Rouge regime. It took two full years to finish it. This dam stretching between two mountains named Phnom Kul or Phnom Ta Ngen and Phnom Kamping Pouy. Have 6Km length, 1900m width and can load 110,000,000 cubic meters.

After the construction was completed in 1977, this dam has been a very important water resource for agriculture of people in 3 communes of 5 thousand hectare, enabling them to continue they’re farming even during the dry season.

Though Kamping Pouy Dam seems to be a nostalgic place for many people that they get there to relive their past and, at the same time, is a barrier built for an agricultural purpose for others, it is a great place for everyone to visit and enjoy.

With its history, natural beauty and facility makes this dam a unique and very popular place to visit.

Sek Sork Resort (Battambang)



Sek Sork resort located Tre commune, Ratanamondol district, Battambang province and 50Km from the provincial town on No57, turn left on Samlout district. This resort is full of beautiful nature, that’s why this resort has been popular since before the civil war time.

This resort stretches along the Sang Ker River that we can view on the bank full of plant; trees and bamboo-green were wave by air that made us to feel the beautiful of nature here.

Because here is a mountain area that has a lot of cliff rocks, that’s why water flow down from Baile province has to flow on a space between rocks to make a lot of sculpture rippling. This resort in 500m lengths that have a lot of cliff rocks. See!! In each space between cliff rocks have a medium pond that we can swim in crystal water like this. A lot of tourist that visit here they can release their tired by viewing statue, or relax with enjoying care crash and it just not that they can eat and relaxing in the bungalow too.

The Specially Sek Sork resort not just famous in song, But it’s also the special place for the tourist in this province too. If you guy want to visit here, don’t forget to bring a picnic lunch.