Monday, October 26, 2009

KRATIE TOWN

Kratie is a beautiful, small town with big




trees and flamboyant trees with bright red flowers growing in rows along the riverbank, which raises the beauty of the tourists can go sightseeing at Sereiskonthor Vong Monastery called Kratie Monastery, parking lots, markets, apartment stores located downtown. A playground and museum are in the north, and in the south stand provincial administrationFrench-style buildings. Among these buildings, appears an attractive hotel.

In the suburb, tourists can see the big Khmer-style wooden houses. About 2 km to the south, a 200-year old ancient temple called Rorka Kondal pagoda is also a tourist sport where handcraft souvenirs made of rattan, and thorny palm tree’s leaves are sold inside. In the evening, tourists can enjoy the river sunset, beverage shops, and dessert stands in bake.

In front of these shops is a Trong Island on which there is a very long white beach that is tourists favorite place in the dry season. This place is called Chroy Rey resort on the upper part of the island. Tourists can enjoy relaxing under Rey tree and swimming in the limpid water. Kratie is not only a tourist destination but also a stopover before visitors keep on their journey to northeastern provinces or to Phnom Penh.

LAND TRANSPORTATION

- Phnom Penh-Kratie National Road 7: It is 340 km, which is an asphalted road with international standard. It is a main road for transporting both local and foreign passengers.
- National Road 7 and Provincial Road 73: Road 73 is about 250 km from Phnom Penh to Kratie, which is about 90 km shorter in distance than 36 km, they should turn left to take taterite paved Road 73. Running through DamBe and Chhlong districts; this road is about 90 km to the provincial town of Kratie, In the rainy season, from Chhlong district to the provincial town of Kratie, 32 km is often flooded because it is in the low land area. However, Road 73 has been asphalted in places since 2005, and it is hoped that this road will be a second major one in the province.
- During the dry season, travelers can take a sedan or motorbike along the riverbank from Kampong Cham town to Kratie. That means when travelers arrive in Kampong Cham province town, they should take the route along the riverbank till they reach Stung Trang town where they have to take a ferry to reach the east bank of the river so that they can continue their trip along the river till they get to Kratie town, crossing Kroach Chhmar and Chhlong districts.

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