STUNG TRENG
Stung Treng is a northern province of Cambodia.
The province is subdivided into 5 districts: Sesan, Siem Bouk, Siem Pang, Stung Treng, Thala Barivat.
Stung Treng is now a peaceful town rebuilding itself, the beauty of this province can be breathtaking and surprising. Located near where the Sekong River meets the Mekong this is a traditionally a fishing and farming region and port for many of the west and a gate way to the Lao boarder.
An easy bike ride just outside the town can take you into peaceful farming and fishing villages, with rice fields, old bamboo huts and a vision of how much of Cambodia would have been. A slow boat up the Mekong River can take you to a 3km waterfall that stretches across the span of the Mekong at the Lao boarder. Even the size and power of this waterfall doesn’t deter local fishermen from living there perched on rocks, making outstandingly engineered fishing traps out of bamboo and fallen timber. On return you may be fortunate enough to see one of the last of the protected Mekong River Dolphins.
As a Buddhist country there are many old Pagodas (temples) in Stung Treng housing some beautiful old art work depicting Buddha's story and hold many celebrations and festivals. It is a gateway to seeing the jungle animals, mountains and tribes of Ratanakiri, the Ho Chi Min Trail, or even experiencing a fishing trip on the Mekong. The people of Stung Treng are warm and friendly, the children extremely sociable, many still curious when seeing a foreigner but there's always a “hello”. Much of the food is rural and Lao influenced as in much of this region the local people are both Lao and Khmer. The market is an adventure as many of the local villages bring their catch of the day or unusual vegetables or plants to sell. The many animals that use the roads is amusing and caution needs to be taken getting around!
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