Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia

... a little more adventurous.  So I headed east to Kompong Thom, my jumping off point for a trip into Preah Vihear Province.  Kompong Thom itself was another small, dusty town on the side of the highway.  Nothing particularly interesting ...

... to stay away from Preah Vihear as there was a bit of a standoff between the Thai and Cambodian armies. The Thai's still consider Preah Vihear as their territory and had sent their army over the border a few months earlier. I had mentioned to my guide the ...