oops
wrong image evidently
the map with the 3 squares on it is the one just to
the east of this one
which jesper does indeed appear to have gotten right
the first time
& which you correctly mention in your following
message as number 5
& the international triprovincial point is indicated
on that map a couple of grid squares east of where you
have placed the temple on it
--- Brendan Whyte <
bwhyte@...> wrote:
>
http://www.cambodiacic.org/map/USAF%20Bombing/Otdar-Mean-Chey-3.jpg
> The temple is on the small Thai salient immediately
> NW of the three red
> squares at the top of this image.
> You'd have to be a masochist to try to get there
> from Phnom Penh given
> current road conditions. Even the main road from
> Phnom Penh to Siem Reap
> and on to Thailand is horribly rough with many
> bridges down (everyone gets
> out of the bus, it rumbles through the rice fields
> around the bridge, and
> you get back on again).
>
> There is a nice sealed road through national parks
> etc on the Thai side up
> to 300m or so from the border. You then pay a 'park
> entry fee' (higher for
> white-skins), and walk from the end of the road over
> rough rocks to the
> border gate. On the Cambodian side you pay another
> fee, walk through the
> small collec5ion of stall selling crafts, food and
> cheap Chinese plastic
> junk, up the steps of the temple. On either side the
> fields are full of
> "warning : mines" signs.
> The border itself is obvious, but it's hard to see
> if it follows any
> particular features, it seems to swing around the
> temple, and otherwise
> lies along the rim of the cliff tops which run along
> the entire northern
> Cambodia-Thai border. The land slopes gently up from
> the plains on the Thai
> side, and drops off precipitously on the Cambodian
> side to plain far below.
> Great views if not too hazy from the humidity.
> Next to the far end of the temple (which is several
> hundred metres long) is
> an old Khmer rouge artillery piece. They had dug
> themselves into the temple
> foundations in places. There was gunfire, small arms
> and artillery, while I
> was there.
> No large scale mapping is available. The best is
> these 1:250,000 maps
> Jesper found online.
> The border was lined with large balls of
> thorns/brambles, and barbed wire.
> A gate was placed over a small creek, presumably the
> one the Thais were
> complaining of, that ran along the backside of the
> small market. A metal
> set of steps was built from the gate down to the
> Cambodian side. Then the
> creek (only 2m wide) soon ran into Thailand and the
> border ran off into
> mined areas. I wasn't going exploring there!
>
> I have some photos I can dig up, but I thought I may
> have posted them already?
>
> Brendan
>
>
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