About Me

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I am married to my loving husband for more than 45 years now. I am a mother to 3 beautiful children, until years ago when I lost my youngest son. Since then my life is forever altered but yet unbroken....

My Travel Journal

"There isn't much I haven't shared with you along the road and through it all there'd always be tomorrow's episode" - Elton John

I started traveling around the world since early 80s when I had the opportunity to combine business trips with vacations. Then later when my rezeki is in abundance, there were numerous other trips along the way for vacations, most of the time with hubby and the kids when the timing is right. I have also started to compile the journal and photo-pages covering almost more than 45 years of world wide travel. Some destinations I visited just once, others many times. Many of those places are the obvious famous places people would like to visit but some, the casual traveler doesn't even think to try. I have placed links to my travel at the side bar of my personal page, My Life Reflections, and will be updating them from time to time.

My wish is to continue my travel and complete circumnavigate the globe, insyaAllah…

Tuesday 24 December 2019

2019 Q8 4ND: 04 Chon Buri - Koh Kong

“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up...” - Thomas Edison 

(The sunset from the floating seafood restaurant in Koh Kong)

Day 04: 04 Dec 2019 (Wednesday)
Route: Chon Buri - Koh Kong
Distance: 335 km
Hotel: City Hotel, Koh Kong


07:00 - Breakfast of toasts and coffee was served at the hotel lobby. We had ours in the room before checked out.

(No half-boiled eggs this morning)

07:30 - Drove leisurely towards Thailand/Cambodia border. The weather was clear and sunny.
11:00 - Stopped for lunch at a Muslim Restaurant in Chantaburi. Bought a box of dates for the road. After lunch, strolled along the street of the quiet town.

(Time for lunch in Chanthaburi)
(Rice and murtabak with lamb curry)
(Colourful murals on the wall)
(A park by the river)
(Banners for the 2019 Gem and Jewellery Festival)

12:30 - Refuelled at a PTT in Trat. Drove on AH123 on Highway 3 towards the Ban Hat Lek Border Centre. Passed the Principal Buddha Statue at Buddhamonthon Park, a landmark of Trat Province.

(Driving towards Thailand/Cambodia border)
(Buddhamonthon Park in Trat)
(Smooth traffic and new roadworks)
(A ghost town at a junction to Khlong Yai town)

14:25 - Stopped at the Narrowest Part of Thailand for some photo shots. The narrowest area is located on Trat - Klong Yai Road. At this point, the width of Thailand is only 450m. There was on-going construction works to beautify the rest area.

(The Narrowest Part of Thailand rest area)
(A washroom stop for visitors)
(One photo shot for the album)

14:45 - Easy and no hassle border crossing at Had Lek Thailand border.
16:00 - Completed border crossing at Cham Yeam Cambodia after being delayed for more than half an hour. Paid for passport stamping THB100 each. Collected Custom vehicle clearance papers and paid THB600 without receipt for THB100/day stay in Cambodia. Paid Immigration officers THB600 with receipt.

(Hat Lek, Thailand border)
(Crossing over to Cambodia border)
(Waiting for clearance at no-man land at Thailand/Cambodia border)
(Cheam Yam, Cambodia Border)

16:15 - Had some photo shots at the small border town before crossing the 7km long Koh Kong Bridge over Prek Kaoh River.

(Crossing into Cambodia in late afternoon)
(Our second time here with our Hi-Lux 4x4)
(The tuk-tuk, another form of transport)
(The Koh Kong Casino)
(Driving on the right side of the road)
(A landmark enroute Koh Kong town)
(A small roundabout before Koh Kong bridge)
(Crossing Prek Kaoh River)

17:00 - Watched the beautiful sunset at the Koh Kong River Waterfront. We used to buy sweet mangoes and drink freshly squeezed sugarcane juice at one of the roadside stalls. Today there was none around.

(The sun is setting over Koh Kong Bridge)
(The Koh Kong Bridge viewed from our hotel room)

18:00 - As it was getting dark we had fried rice dinner at the Muslim stall at Koh Kong jetty.

(The Muslim stall at the ferry food court)
(Fried rice for dinner)

18:30 - Checked in Koh Kong City Hotel for USD20/night for a room facing the river.

(Our usual hotel in Koh Kong)
(Spacious and clean room)


                  2019 4ND: 05 Koh Kong - Kampot👉

1 comment:

Nong (Maimon Mohd Top) said...

GPS Coordinates:
Muslim Restaurant, Chanthaburi (12.60666, 102.11382)
Narrowest Part of Thailand, Trat (11.715108, 102.907534)
Border Thailand/Cambodia, Hat Lek (11.651481, 102.909109)
City Hotel, Koh Kong (11.620763, 102.961195)
Muslim Restaurant Koh Kong (11.609786, 102.978165)