Bokor National Park
The trip to the old French hill station in Bokor National Park was one of the hardest trips in my life. With a rented motorbike (7$), me and a friend tackled the "road" up to Bokor, which obviously hadn't been repaired since the French left. On the way up through the jungle there were wonderful vistas over the coast. Up on the mountain, however, it was misty, rainy and very cold. Exploring the ruins of the old French colonial hotel in this spooky atmosphere was an unforgettable experience and we were the only people up there.On our way back it rained incessantly and the road became virtually unnavigable. And so the inevitable happened, one rock too many in the way, and the day ended in Kampot hospital, an old colonial building which looked like a place where people die rather than a place where they get healed.To my big surprise there was a young doctor who was fluent in French and in...
