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Towns and cities
Tbaeng Meanchey (Tbeng Meanchey)
The capital of Preah Vihear province is a sleepy town where not much
happens. Although the province is home to the famous Preah
Vihear temple, predating Angkor Wat, due to
bad road conditions, most visits to the temple complex enter from the
Thai side.
While in town, visit the Weaves
Cambodia, Co. LTD. and you may be able to buy some rare gifts
made from real quality silk. The company started out as the Joom Noon
silk weaving project for the handicapped in
1998 by Bud Gibbons of Veterans International. The employees are victims
of landmines and polio and are preserving and promoting traditional
Khmer weaving techniques.
There are numerous other temples and sites in the province worth a
visit if you can organise your own transport. You then will have to
spend at least one night in this provincial capital.
- Koh Ker temple complex. Koh Ker was once a capital city
of Cambodia.
- Bakan or Preah Khan temples: 105 kilometres southwest of
the provincial town, built under the reign of King Suryavarman
I (1002-1050), was a royal palace and a worship place. The
site used to be a hiding place for king Jayavarman VII before he
ascended to the throne.
- Noreay temples, Five temples made of Sandstone, laterite
and brick, 32 kilometres northeast of the provincial town. Built
in the 7th century.
- Phnom Pralean temple: a temple built to worship
Brahmanism, on top of a 180 metres hill, about 25 kilometres from
the provincial town
- Neak Buos temple 75 kilometres north of Tbaeng Meanchey,
this sandstone laterite and brick temple is difficult to reach
because of road conditions
- Krapum Chhouk temple: built in the 10th century in
laterite and stone, 45 kilometres south of Tbaeng Meanchey
- Kork Beng temple: laterite and sandstone temple built
between 936 and 951 by a commander named Kork on the order of King
Jayavarman IV. Only a few stones remai of the ancient temple
remain, but a concrete version was constructed in 1998.
- Wat Peung Preah Ko: a place of worship in beautiful
natural surroundings. This place is believed to possess strong
supernatural powers
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