Bokor Hill Hotel

Ghost Town

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June 8th 2008
From Kampot it is an easy day trip up to Bokor Hill Station. The road is a rocky uphill climb by 4WD. Bokor was built in 1925 by the French for a coastal mountain retreat and includes a hotel, casino, Catholic church and a small get away home for the King. Abandonded decades ago, these buildings were also occupied by the Khmer Rouge in the late 1970's. As we wandered around the old hotel and c ... read more

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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the ... ... read more