Number one on the itinery for day 2 was a 50-odd km trip to Mt Kulen. Being in the countryside in the tuktuk is great, even if you do get the odd face full of dust from a passing truck. It’s like riding a motorbike, but without the hassle of wearing a helmet, avoiding potholes and you are always in the shade.
Having arrived at Phnom Kulen, you do a 1.5km / half hour walk up a hill, with plenty of jungle views and crazy vines along the way. You eventually get to a river with waterfall, and in the rock in and around the river are various carvings – mostly lingas. The site is called the river of 1000 lingas, if that is any indication.
Having arrived at Phnom Kulen, you do a 1.5km / half hour walk up a hill, with plenty of jungle views and crazy vines along the way. You eventually get to a river with waterfall, and in the rock in and around the river are various carvings – mostly lingas. The site is called the river of 1000 lingas, if that is any indication.
Traffic hazard
Mud issues - had to unhitch the tuktuk and go by moto
Lizard
And again
Spot the carving
Lots of lingas - the raised lumps under the water
Ditto
Ditto again, and a big linga at the back
Plants growing out of solid rock
Small crocodile carving - very rare
Frog on the waterfall edge
Shrine in a small cave
The waterfall
Crazy ribbed vines - called monkey ladders
Game of pool, anyone? (on the left) - pool tables in the mud under a stilt house are quite common
Petrol station
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