Sunday, August 10, 2008

Preah Vihear recalled

A deserted Preah Vihear temple looking towards Gopura V with the mist closing in
In March 2002 I visited Preah Vihear temple for the first time. Hardly a day goes by at the moment without Preah Vihear grabbing the headlines, so I thought it might be an appropriate time to unveil for the first time some of my pictures from that 2002 trip, when in a deja vu moment the border with Thailand was also closed, leaving the temple completely empty. Over the next couple of days I will post pictures and my notes from that memorable trip that I took with my best pal Sokhom on his trusty Daelim moto from Kompong Thom. It was a 500km round-trip and one that I will never forget. Having Preah Vihear all to myself was one of my best-ever Cambodia moments.
Sokhom and his Daelim negotiate a fallen tree on the road to Preah Vihear

posted by Andy Brouwer at 6:45 PM

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Your updatings are always welcome, yet... unless I'm mistaken, you've been recently to Luang Prabang, alias, Muang Luang, the Merry. You and Tim have done a one-night stop there or what?!! Just can't believe you haven't posted anything on that beautiful city as yet! --- ANON-ENTITY

August 11, 2008 10:31 AM  
Blogger Andy Brouwer said...

Never fear I will get there eventually! I have scores of photos to post from my Laos trip and will be spreading them out over the next few weeks. I'm trying to post a few every day but have just started posting some Preah Vihear photos - and there's simply not enough hours in the day! I have a day job as well ...but thanks for your concern and Luang Prabang will feature in due course. We actually stayed 3 nights in 3 gorgeous hotels...but don't tell anyone.

August 11, 2008 2:02 PM  

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