Fishing in Kratie

Taken on: 14th November, 2005. Copyright: All Rights Reserved - See travelfishery's page of Flickr

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Say Kratie to any Khmer and they'll reply dolphins -- in particular Mekong Irrawaddy Dolphins. Around 20km north of Kratie, at the village of Kampi, the swirling waters of the Mekong are considered to be the best place in the world to see the critically endangered Mekong Irrawaddy Dolphin.

Dolphins aside, Kratie province is known for its pleasing riverside scenery and verdant villages and paddies. Nearly all who choose to stay here do so in the same-named provincial capital of Kratie -- an almost charming town with enough colonial architecture and tree-lined streets to warrant getting the camera out, a bunch of welcoming guesthouses and hotels and even a bar -- quite a novelty in these parts. The surrounding villages live up to your fantasies of lush, riverside Cambodia, with green paddies and beautifully polished stilted wooden homes shaded by thick palms.

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