Visit beautiful place at seaside Koh Tonsay

Kep city is a seaside tourist city located 173 kilometers southeast of Phnom Penh. Visitors from Phnom Penh take national road 3 via Kompot province or National road 2via Takeo province. In addition, the train from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville stops at Damnak Chang Eur station about 7 kilometers from Viename can enter Cambodia via the Ha Teang Prek Chak border checkpoint or they can travel by boat from Vietnam to Kep City.

Phnom Sar Sear

Phnom Sar Sear a nature and culture site located about 14 kilometers southeast of Kep City. This mountain is called Phnom Sar Sear  because, according to Khmer legend mentioned above when Prince Sakor Reach led the troops to this place, he got off his horse and moved furtively ahead of his pursuers along the mountain was call Phnom Sar Sear. Phnom Sar Sear is composed of three small mountain about 1.5 square kilometers. It is about 40 meters high. The site features two natural caves Phnom Damrei Sar and Phnom Ach Prochiev which tourists can explore. In Phnom Damrei Sar cave, there is a beautiful mountain well called Viel Sre Muoy Roy. In the past, this site was also popular with filmmaker. At the foot of the mountain are a number of small halls where clergymen and nuns meditate. Along the way to the mountaintop, there is a Buddhist pagoda where monk live. On the mountaintop sits a colorful, finely sculpted Stupa built in 1964 by Prince Rasmei Sophoan. A place of worship, it also houses a Buddha relic. The fresh air and beautiful natural scenery make Phnom Sar Sear popular with tourists throughout the year. From the mountaintop , visitors have an excellent view of the rice paddies, the island and the sea below, as well as the distant mountains. Buddhists go there top pray for good fortune.

Koh Tonsay

Koh Tonsay is located about 4.5 kilometers southeast of Kep. Tourists are drawn to the two beautiful whited sand beaches. The sea here is shallow and has a long slope, making Koh Tonsay excellent for swimming. At the sea bottom are a variety of corals, sea animals and plants which attract researchers and ecologists. The name of Koh Tonsay is derived from the word Rumsay. While trying to avoid the commander’s troops. Prince Sakor Reach grew hopeless because his own troops began to tire. He led his remaining troops across the sea to an island in front of Kep city, where the troops spread out. Accordingly, the island was called Koh Rumsay, then Koh Ormsay or Koh Ornsay, and then Koh Tonsay, as it is known today. Koh Tonsay is 2 square kilometers. During then Prince Norodom Sihanouk’s Sangkum Reastr Niyum regime, it was used as a place to rehabilitate criminals, who were also used to defend the island. Horse cart paths and wooden, thatch-roofed motels were also constructed during this time. Most of this infrastructure has been destroyed by weather and decades of war. Today, fourteen families live on the island. They earn their living by fishing and growing coconut tree.

Travel to visit beautiful place for holiday

 Baray Andet

Baray Andet is in Baray village, Baray commune, Prey Veng district, about 3 kilometers west of Prey Veng provincial town. It is a plain on high ground surrounded by big trees. It is believed that Baray Andet is a Bang Bot place, where all of the powerful and magical spirits in Prey Veng province gather, so local people consider it do be an ideal place for swearing oaths and praying. On Silas days, people play Pinpeat music for the spirit Neakta. They pray for happiness and ask for rain to grow rice. This is also the starting point for the Neakta procession to Ba Phnom before Khmer New Year.

Ba Phnom

Ba Phnom is located in Chheur Kach commune, Ba Phnom district about 78 kilometers east of Phnom Penh and 45 kilometers south of Prey Veng provincial town. Visitors traveling from Phnom Penh along national road 1 should turn left at Kampong Sneung market and go about 7 kilometers. There are four mountains in Ba Phnom such as Phnom Sampeou, Phnom Laang, Phnom Thom and Phnom Banhchor. Ba Phnom was once the ancient city Nokor Phnom, which was located near these mountains in Ba Phnom district. Few remnants of the city remain. Among those that can be seen are pieces of  the ancient temple Prasat Chan, which was located in front of Wat Vihear Kuk, near the foot of Phnom sampeou in Cheung Phnom commune. At one time, the city also had a palace and a hall but both have been destroyed by year of war.

The view from the top of Ba Phnom is very picturesque. There is a big, rocky cave near the mountaintop that shelters wildlife. At the foot of mountain, there is a pagoda, Wat Phnom, also known as Wat Ba Phnom. A road circles the mountains and a big pond lies the east of them. People live around the mountains. Ba Phnom has been eyed for tourism development east of the Mekong River because the area attracts many people on weekends and during Cambodia festivals.

Chong Srok Temple

Chong Srok temple is located in Chong Srok village, Chong Srok commune, Srei Santhar Kandal district about 38 kilometers north of Prey Veng provincial town.  Chong Srok temple was built of brick and sandstone in the 7^th century. It was built on a high ground in a field on palm tree near a Koki tree. Although much of the temple has been destroyed, there remains a sandstone statue of a bull, once revered as a powerful Bodhisattva or Buddhist deity.

These places, mostly local people around province to visit with their family during holiday such as weekend, national ceremony, and Khmer New Year. I hope that you will happy with your travel and trip around this province. We will find other beautiful place to show you more for consider when you need holiday. Thanks you so much for your visit this article and don’t forget come back to visit again to know about new info for travel and trip.

Visit landscape of Phnom Sambok and Wat Sarsar Muoy Roy

 Phnom Sambok

Phnom Sambok is a natural and historical site located in Thma Kre commune, Kratie district and Kraties province about 11 kilometers north of Kratie provincial town. One of the main culture and tourist attractions in Kratie, It was developed during the Sankum Reastr Niyum regime of then-prince Norodom Shihanouk. The site features beautiful landscape including a huge pond west of the mountain foot. The pond is full of clear water and natural plants. The mountain has two peaks, one dull and the other pointed, and has a lush forest filled with birds. A concrete staircase makes the mountaintop accessible. Once at the top, visitors are rewarded with a beautiful panoramic view of the countryside especially the Mekong River. There are also a number of places to relax. The mountain is steeped in legend. The once was a king named Chakrei Earsaravarman, who was a son of King Hathak Athireach Varman. After Chakrei Earsaravarman ascended to the throne, he asked his official to find a gold mine. The mine, which was very close to the foot of the mountain, turned out to be full of gold, so the people living nearby called the place Kanliang Sambo Meas. The name was later changed to Phnom Sambok Meas, then changed again to Phnom Sambok, as it is known today. The legend said, in the early 15^th century, there are was a monk named Neak Voan, who was a classmate of Neak Sen, other monk and the teacher of Thon crocodile. Monk Neak Voan went to Sambok mountaintop to meditate. Because the monk knew much about ritual and magic, many people climbed the mountain to learn from him. Wat Phnom Sambok has stood there aver since.

Wat Sarsar Muoy Roy

Wat Sarsar Muoy Roy is located in Sambok commune, about 36 kilometers north of the provincial town. Wat Sarsar Muoy Roy was built on the site of a former royal palace during the Zhenla period in a city named Sampopura. The site features four Buddhist temples, each facing a different direction:

-         -  Vihear Sarsar Muoy Roy faces north.

-          - Vihear Kork faces to the south (only the base of this temple remains).

-        -  Vihear Kork Kert face east.

-          - Vihear Lao face west.

During Khmer New Year, local people who live in Sampopura city usually celebrate the Nine days Ceremony starting with Vihear Sarsar Muoy Roy before going to Vihear Kork and then Vihear Lao. Vihear Sarsar Muoy Roy was build in 1806. It was about 30 meters square. First, the temple was thatched, built by king Chan Reachea II to worship the goddess of Vihear Sarsar Muoy Roy. The king asked the goddess to care for the soul of his daughter Preah Neang Varakak, who had been swallowed by the Thon crocrodile. The temple is different from other temples, because it faces north. About 100 years, the temple was damaged during a thunderstorm. Lightening struck 22 columns, causing them to burn to the ground and turning the face of the Buddha statue black from the smoke. Accordingly, the temple was dismantled and rebuilt by local people with only 78 columns. In 1997, Vihear Sarsar Muoy Roy was completely renovated. It is now 35 meters wide, 18 meters long and 23 meters high and has 116 columns. It was inaugurated on Jan 14 1998.