Cambodia's North East Photo Gallery by Philip Game at pbase.com

Cambodia's North East

Images from Cambodia's 'Wild East', the upland provinces of Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri where the rice paddies of the lowlands give way to tracts of 'dry tropical' (monsoonal) forest which have long provided a refuge for endangered species. This forest country is now disappearing all too rapidly (read more on my blog). Touring this region usually entails hours spent inhaling red dust aboard a motorcycle, whether as driver or as pillion passenger, particularly on the rough road linking the two provincial capitals, Ban Lung and Sen Monorom.

These images were taken with Nikon D300 using RAW format, and are available for licensing. Please visit my blog.

Town centre at Ban Lung, Ratanakiri	Town market at Ban Lung, Ratanakiri	Chilli peppers in the market at Ban Lung
Local snack foods of questionable origins in the market at Ban Lung	Reclining Buddha outside Ban Lung	Tree Top Eco Lodge at Ban Lung, Ratanakiri
Tree Top Eco Lodge at Ban Lung	Tree Top Eco Lodge at Ban Lung, Ratanakiri	Katieng Falls, Ban Lung
At Katieng Falls, Ban Lung	Kreung people's traditional houses	Cha Ung Falls, Ban Lung
Boeng Yeak Lom, Ban Lung	Boeng Yeak Lom, a crater lake at Ban Lung, Ratanakiri	Boeng Yeak Lom, Ban Lung
Boeng Yeak Lom, Ban Lung	New rubber plantation beside the road linking the two provinces	Cleared forest on the road linking the two provinces
Cambodia: Roadside garage - mechanics work in the dust.	Cambodia: This leaking radiator forced a lengthy halt between Ban Lung and Sen Monorom	Roadside garage
Rural mechanic, Cambodia	Roadside garage shares its premises with a ladies' hairdresser (!)	Market in Sen Monorom, Mondulkiri
Market in Sen Monorom	Market in Sen Monorom	Market in Sen Monorom
Market in Sen Monorom	Market in Sen Monorom	Market in Sen Monorom
Customers at the market in Sen Monorom	At the market in Sen Monorom, Cambodia	Gates Foundation-funded enterprise on the road to Bousra Falls
Forest glade at the Bousra Falls, Mondulkiri	But piss is the least of the problems in Mondulkiri forests...	This Burmese rosewood is targetted by illegal loggers, usually for the Chinese market
Bunong (Ph'nong) minority people, Mondulkiri	A Bunong (Ph'nong) hamlet	Coffee plantation, Mondulkiri
Coffee plantation, Mondulkiri	Black pepper plantation, Mondulkiri	Upper falls at Bousra, outside Sen Monorom
Lower falls at Bousra	A hilltop shrine outside Sen Monorom, Mondulkiri	Forest remnants outside Sen Monorom, Mondulkiri
Surviving forest outside Sen Monorom

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Cathryn		13-Apr-2014 23:44
Another amazing gallery full of striking images. It looks rather like Laos, and obviously it was an adventurous side trip.

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