Kampong Trach

The American bombings soon followed. The area was devastated. Our peaceful countryside became a war zone. The dramatic limestone cliffs and caves, once popular tourist attractions, became hiding places for villagers, like my family. I was born here in the 1980s, during the civil war. We lived under the Khmer Rouge until they finally surrendered in 1995.

Today, development is slow, but the land is healing. The caves and shrines now stand as memorials. The rice fields are alive with buffalo, and the lakes we were forced to build under The Khmer Rouge now reflect the natural beauty of this place.

I’d love to show you Kampong Trach: an authentic side of rural Cambodia and, in my view, one of the most beautiful areas in the province. A place only now being re-discovered by tourism.