Trip to Kirirom National Park

Various Things

Pine tree sprout in burned area This is a pine tree seedling that survived when a section of the Kirirom forest was burned. We saw quite a few fires burning during the hours we were walking, and at the information center we read that the fires are intentionally set so that grazing wild animals are forced out into the open where they are easier targets, or else those who set the fires want to claim the land although it's government land in a park.

Unknown concrete platforms in the forest In an somewhat remote area of the pine forest in the park, we ran across these concrete platforms, set into a fan shaped plot, almost like an outdoor amphitheater. However, sharp stones are cemented into the flat top sections of the slabs as if to keep someone or something away. We could figure out no reason or purpose for the platforms on which Kathy Kremer is standing.

At the Kirirom guest house We hiked in the large pine forest, the only one in Cambodia, for several hours and then came back to where our driver had parked the car and was waiting for us. We decided to try the guesthouse for lunch, and here we are in front of the steps leading up to its restaurant. The guesthouse has five or six rooms and the retaurant just four tables. Most Cambodians would eat food from the vendors near the waterfall.

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	This is a pine tree seedling that survived when a section of the Kirirom forest was burned. We saw quite a few fires burning during the hours we were walking, and at the information center we read that the fires are intentionally set so that grazing wild animals are forced out into the open where they are easier targets, or else those who set the fires want to claim the land although it's government land in a park.
	In an somewhat remote area of the pine forest in the park, we ran across these concrete platforms, set into a fan shaped plot, almost like an outdoor amphitheater. However, sharp stones are cemented into the flat top sections of the slabs as if to keep someone or something away. We could figure out no reason or purpose for the platforms on which Kathy Kremer is standing.
	We hiked in the large pine forest, the only one in Cambodia, for several hours and then came back to where our driver had parked the car and was waiting for us. We decided to try the guesthouse for lunch, and here we are in front of the steps leading up to its restaurant. The guesthouse has five or six rooms and the retaurant just four tables. Most Cambodians would eat food from the vendors near the waterfall.