Clean The River Day 14.March 2013 Kampot Cambodia

The banner for the CLEAN THE RIVER DAY on 14. March 2013 is up....
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The meetings for the event will be held in the OM house.
Please continue to recruit capable and willing participants. We especially need help in clean up leadership and educational volunteers ...

Taken on: 14th February, 2013. Copyright: All Rights Reserved - See Akoo Chillout Ibiza's page of Flickr

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Sleepy Kampot sits on the east bank of the Kampot River and enjoys spectacular views across to Bokor and Elephant Mountains, which make up the sizeable Bokor National Park. The town was once a trading centre and until the establishment of a deep sea port at Sihanoukville in the 1950s, Kampot was Cambodia's primary port. A smattering of small fishing boats can still be seen unloading every morning a short walk south of the main town on the dirt road parallel to the river. Given Kampot's proximity to the Vietnamese border, fish often isn't the only catch being unloaded, with smuggling -- particularly of cigarettes -- a handy extra earner for the fishermen.

Today, Kampot is best known for its pepper, which is truly excellent. Pepper plantations as well as a ... Read our complete Kampot travel guide

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