Anlong Thom motorbike trail

Path quality

Through the village area

red pepper farm

Home pepper farm -special pepper from here Cherries of pepper are unique from here - there are several peppers in Cambodia - red black and white - way harvesting is different - processing is what makes it different And make rice wine from the little orange plant Per kg $5 - 25 families here doing this - but no big farms it’s small gardens - but they don’t understand the meaning of pepper - Kulen pepper - marketing of the peppery and variety of products - eg pepper sauce. Just need help on marketing and packaging - đâyclay - use it with yeast to make rice wine Long pepper

Blacksmith

Community blacksmith 2 houses in the community Producing the weapon and machete for gardening and cutting plants - blade and bamboo handle Rings - use sand to join them - used for the handle bit of the weapon

Rice wine making

Yeast fermenting the rice wine Ferment the rice for four days and the rice floats up and make the rice wine then boil inside the pot - Hydrometer to read the alcohol percent Tourists and local people come and try - just sold in plastic bottles - Chanta is the tour guide that brings them here really Black ginger rice wine 8 different species of plants from the forest that go into this.

Road

Waypoint

Intersection with small sign

Ancient artefacts just lying on the ground on the way

Ceramic walk

Small shrine with pottery

In the past this was dug up and used in the 90s but now not allowed

Pile of ceramic pottery

Going through cashew nut farms

Cashew nut farm area

Flooding on path

Bridge

Upgrading?

River to cut temple - Ou Phmor Ta

Brick temple - when king became richer he wanted to do something different More than 1000 years old - garden to the south is Yama to the south, direction is the east so looking into east so symbol of Indra Guards for the main deity inside Linga inside Restoration efforts in place but not enough funding

Not a trail yet

Waterfall spring

Cut clay from here

Rock cut

Cut the rock from here and then took to Angkor Water goes around temple like a moat Could swim here

Spot where stream disappears underground

Comes back out after 5km

Road quality

Kteng slap

Moat 100 x 100 around temple Wrecked temple - people extract for treasure, bombs and nature Built by brick Specific Kulen style carving Wall is 1.5 to 2 m thick First bricks are kind of humid so you can do engravings then when the temple is done you burn in the inside 3-6 months so that it dries - that’s why black on inside

Bridge

Large tree

Cashew nut farm area

Stream crossing

Cashew nut farm area

Nice view in cashew nut farm area

Ghost head Waterfall area (kabal kmot)

New destination not many people come here One small camping spot here Only really government officials cơme here for CPA - no real tourists

Path needs work

Cashew nut farm

Most of the section from Ghost head waterfall to elephant pond Is cashew nut farm

Forested

Elephant pond

Train elephants here before walking down to Angkor 1000 year pond is here too never dry Symbol of the animals all living a peaceful life together around the water

Bridge

Road quality

Very bumpy and sandy

Main road

Main road after the left turn

1000 lingas