My Adventure in the forest
When there wasn’t much work to do since all schools closed during vacation, our group has explored some schools and villages in the forest by using a small map
and asking people along the road. Our target village is Kor Koh which is accessible only when there isn’t rain. Before going there, we have discussed about our plan and chose an appropriate map as a guide and we’ll have to ask some people near by the road about our goal. It started with a good phase on the main road to Bavel from Phnom Proek centre about 10km.It took about 2omn to reach the gate of Kor Koh pagoda.We had to stop at that place to ask someone who knows it well to make sure that we will not get lost in the forest.
We had to travel on very bad road and it was lucky that it did not rain on
that day. About 20mn later we reached one village..we stopped there for a while checked our map and asked an old man for direction. She showed as the way till we got Kor Koh pagoda. We entered the pagoda to say hello to the monks and asked some information about the schools and the children as well our next journey.
Next we confronted a problem that is we had to go through soy bean and corn fields and crossed a small stream on a very narrow
strip of wood. It was very dangerous especially for my English boss. We asked people every time we met cross roads.
At the end we met Phnom Pum where my farm is and I took my boss to pay a visit at my small farm. It is now impossible to access to my farm by motor bike. The only way to reach that place is TRACTOR. We came back from our first journey at about 11.Jon, my boss, said that “This is his first time traveling through the forest farms near Cambodian-Thai border. It was great and fun.” And I do not think other foreigners enjoy this activity like him.
Two days later...we started our journey again in different location but more difficult than the first one.
When we got to the way to that location we did not know the real situation about the place. Fortunately, we met a businessman who know the place well. He rode his motor bike and we followed all the way through farms and on zigzag road near the mountain called Phnom Bracheav
(Bat Mountain).The road was full of small rocks and thousands of pot holes. It took about 15mn travelling through corn fields, mixed grass, around the mountain on the cliff which cannot be accessible when it rains...it was very dangerous to ride on that place.That man told us that"It is passible only after harvesting since people grow everywhere including the mountain peak.And this narrow path (the cliff of the mountain) used as an unique road for transporting the farming products." It was hard to beleive cos we found it very difficult to drive on that road and if we were careless we would fall down...must be dead.
When we arrived the place called Toek Chenh Thom...there was one village consisted of about 10 houses and one conflicted school.We asked the man and other villagers to show that abandon school and asked about causes of closing that school.
Unfortunately, after visiting the school I got a puncture. It took about 15mn to get my motorbike
repaired. When we were ready we did not want to come back on the same place. We wanted to do as a circle. They showed us the way to Toek Chenh Touch but this time nobody guided us. We tried ourselves saking whoever we met. We drove crossed soy bean and corn fields.The owners of that farm must be angry with us as we stepped on their beans and corns(a path for walkers only). Suddently we found out that we got lost in that farm. It was not the same as we were told and it was difficult to go back. We kept trying...It was funny that we nearly reached the to of the mountain and we could see the road we wanted to go on the left hand side far away from us. We assumed that was the road by a green line of tree.
When there wasn’t much work to do since all schools closed during vacation, our group has explored some schools and villages in the forest by using a small map
and asking people along the road. Our target village is Kor Koh which is accessible only when there isn’t rain. Before going there, we have discussed about our plan and chose an appropriate map as a guide and we’ll have to ask some people near by the road about our goal. It started with a good phase on the main road to Bavel from Phnom Proek centre about 10km.It took about 2omn to reach the gate of Kor Koh pagoda.We had to stop at that place to ask someone who knows it well to make sure that we will not get lost in the forest.We had to travel on very bad road and it was lucky that it did not rain on
that day. About 20mn later we reached one village..we stopped there for a while checked our map and asked an old man for direction. She showed as the way till we got Kor Koh pagoda. We entered the pagoda to say hello to the monks and asked some information about the schools and the children as well our next journey.Next we confronted a problem that is we had to go through soy bean and corn fields and crossed a small stream on a very narrow
strip of wood. It was very dangerous especially for my English boss. We asked people every time we met cross roads.At the end we met Phnom Pum where my farm is and I took my boss to pay a visit at my small farm. It is now impossible to access to my farm by motor bike. The only way to reach that place is TRACTOR. We came back from our first journey at about 11.Jon, my boss, said that “This is his first time traveling through the forest farms near Cambodian-Thai border. It was great and fun.” And I do not think other foreigners enjoy this activity like him.
Two days later...we started our journey again in different location but more difficult than the first one.
When we got to the way to that location we did not know the real situation about the place. Fortunately, we met a businessman who know the place well. He rode his motor bike and we followed all the way through farms and on zigzag road near the mountain called Phnom Bracheav
(Bat Mountain).The road was full of small rocks and thousands of pot holes. It took about 15mn travelling through corn fields, mixed grass, around the mountain on the cliff which cannot be accessible when it rains...it was very dangerous to ride on that place.That man told us that"It is passible only after harvesting since people grow everywhere including the mountain peak.And this narrow path (the cliff of the mountain) used as an unique road for transporting the farming products." It was hard to beleive cos we found it very difficult to drive on that road and if we were careless we would fall down...must be dead.When we arrived the place called Toek Chenh Thom...there was one village consisted of about 10 houses and one conflicted school.We asked the man and other villagers to show that abandon school and asked about causes of closing that school.
Unfortunately, after visiting the school I got a puncture. It took about 15mn to get my motorbike
repaired. When we were ready we did not want to come back on the same place. We wanted to do as a circle. They showed us the way to Toek Chenh Touch but this time nobody guided us. We tried ourselves saking whoever we met. We drove crossed soy bean and corn fields.The owners of that farm must be angry with us as we stepped on their beans and corns(a path for walkers only). Suddently we found out that we got lost in that farm. It was not the same as we were told and it was difficult to go back. We kept trying...It was funny that we nearly reached the to of the mountain and we could see the road we wanted to go on the left hand side far away from us. We assumed that was the road by a green line of tree. 
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