Comments on: Phnom Penh to Kep, Kampot, Overnight on Bokor Mountain, at the Beach and back to Phnom Penh

By: Lacausa Matthew

Lacausa Matthew — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 05:45:45 +0000

Been up to the old Bokor town about a dozen times over the last 8 years, a great ride with a beautiful view once at the top. they even had a New Year’s over-night rave for a few years until a couple people got shot. Unfortunately the road is being rebuilt and they are not allowing anyone up there in the forseeable future. A Cambodian company has plans to build a big resort town and if it goes thier way, will completly ruin the area.

By: sirivath

sirivath — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 06:00:46 +0000

stefan,
Thanks for sharing your trip experience. I enjoy it very much as the old memory flashing back.
My father was one of the government official in KEP. Then we lived in a goverment’s house near the edge of the hills during 1958-1964. My father took us up to the casino. I remembered that I was told to dress nice and tidy but ony to get to the balcony since I was too young to be allowed to get in but I remembered how the people seated and played inside especially the curve balcony of one of the building.
One thing I could not forget was the cloud that surrounded the building like we were in heaven.

By: Stuart Benson

Stuart Benson — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 21:31:36 +0000

Thanks for the wounderful travel log. After reading it I am going there around the 1st of this February. Rather than riding a bike from PP can I rent one in Kampot? Is a 250 cc required or will a smaller 100-135cc be ok? Thanks again. Stuart Benson in Wilmington, NC, USA.

By: stefan

stefan — Fri, 06 Oct 2006 19:59:27 +0000

Butch,

apparently you were right, a Korean company is planning a major project to bring the casino and resort on the mountain back to life:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/11/14/wcamb14.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/11/14/ixworld.html

By: stefan

stefan — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 18:09:02 +0000

sorry, here the url:

http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/

Stefan

By: stefan

stefan — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 18:07:36 +0000

Hi Chris,

the Bokor trip is a good one.

One of the bikes was mine and the other borrowed from a friend. You can easily rent bikes at different places in Phnom Penh. I usually rent from Lucky Lucky at Monivong Blvd at 6-9$ but these bikes tend to be poorly maintained.

The trip was recently discussed in the Khmer440 travel forum, a good place if you further questions.

Enjoy!
Stefan

By: chris

chris — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 14:09:22 +0000

hi i am interested in your bokor hill station trip and would like to try something similar- where did u hire your motorbikes from? and how much did it cost

thanks
chris

chrisdouglas123@hotmail.com

By: stefan

stefan — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 19:59:55 +0000

Hi Casey,

Many thanks for kind words. Hopefully you get a chance again to visit the casino on the mountain top, its one of my favorites in Cambodia.

I have not been to or heard of the hotel reuvendar, but will follow up on your recommendation once I get a chance to visit again.

Best,
Stefan

By: Casey

Casey — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:49:28 +0000

Stefan,

You’re very adventurous, I’m glad you’re enjoy what you’re doing. keep up your outdoor live.
I’ve been in kom pot & kep but I didn’t know that the casino near by.
if you were in kom pot or kep, you might have visited this hotel called: reuvendar, it’s beatiful setting on the heel side.
good luck & keep on traveling.

Casey

By: SINA

SINA — Wed, 31 May 2006 17:34:02 +0000

Hi the best,

I am interesting with what you had said about Phnom Bokor, I have never been there yet, but I heard alot of information about Bokor, I hope when I have time to come back to my country Cambodia, I will go to see what I miss at that time.

Good luck,

Sina

By: stefan

stefan — Sat, 06 May 2006 16:19:20 +0000

Hi Butch,

its the first time I hear about plans to build a resort in this place. However, I imagine that this could be successful, given the beauty and strangeness of the place as you say.

I am not surprised that MoE does not know more as this ministry seems to have little power and is frequently bypassed by other government agencies, unfortunately.

By: Butch Buttery

Butch Buttery — Thu, 04 May 2006 20:05:21 +0000

Hi there
I have visited Bokor twice in the last year and I was amazed at the beauty and strangeness of the place.
I heard that a Korean company was planning to build a resort o the site beginning April 06. I asked about this at the Ministry of Environment in PP and was given the run -around and could not get a conclusive answer.
Do you know any more about this ?

Butch

Isle of Man. UK

By: stefan

stefan — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:33:27 +0000

Samnang,

Thank you so much for sharing your memories of Bokor Mountain. I would love to see and experience the place when it was still in operation. The casino’s state of disrepair is sad indeed yet it contributes to the fascinating, morbid fascination of the place. Bokor Mountain is a very special in my view. I think it has the potential to recover once again recover its lost greatness and one would hope that Cambodians themselves are allowed inside (although casino’s don’t seem to be a blessing for most of your impoverished countrymen).

Take care,
Stefan

By: .Samnang

.Samnang — Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:43:02 +0000

Dear Stefan,

It is so sad the see the Bokor casino in this sad shape. I remember in 1965-66 my father had took the whole family in an Opel car up to the Bolormountain,and Cambodians were not allowed to go inside the casino. And near to the beach of Kep there was another casino for which I had worked for its PP office as buyer in supplying all kinds of material that the Kep casino needed, but a few months later the casino was closed down by the authorities because of conflicts with the then corrupted government officers. So, I am a little the old memories of the sixty’s events in Cambodia. bye bye!
Samnang 2006/04/12