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Kratie & Ko Treung


Kratie is a town the central Cambodia, Most people just come here to see the dolphins. One of the most interesting things I found in the town was this sign.


The whole town is right along the river which makes for really nice sunsets.


All along the river there are little restaurant like things that all sell the same exact thing.

Once day I got the ferry across the river to the island which cost me 1000 riel ($0.25) with a bunch of local people. The island is a sort of eco tourism project where you could do homestays but i didnt get a chance.


Once on the island I rented a bike for $1 and there was a path that went all the way around the island. I bought a bunch of rambuttan and a loaf of bread that I munched on all day


There is a nice beach/sand dune thing all the way around the island which I left my bike and walked on for a while.


In the centre there is a whole bunch of farmland and animals grazing.



It was a nice windy day which made the rice growing look really cool, hard to capture in a picture but I still tried. 

There were a whole bunch of floating houses on one side so the island seemed to have pretty much everything anyone on the island could need.

You can see the town of Kratie here.


In the dunes there were a bunch of pools where the tide water had collected.

For more pictures see the Kratie album on the left.

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2012 at 12:47 PM

    rambuttan?

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  2. UnknownJanuary 13, 2012 at 6:08 AM

    rambuttan is a spikey red fruit kinda like a lychee. im sure i have a couple pictres of it in my albums

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