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Yak Loam Lake at sunset

May 13th, 2005

Banlung, Secret Stuff

Yaklom Lake. Meteor vs Volcano

Actually, it doesn't matter how Yaklom was created. It only matters that you have a swim in its beautiful blue waters while you're visiting Banlung...

May 1st, 2005

Banlung, Where to Stay

Tribal Hotel and Guesthouse

The Tribal Hotel is one of the few cheap places to stay in Banlung that actually offer just a bit more than their more sterile neighbors (Sovann Kiri hotel comes to mind.)

They have recently finished building their new $5 a night guestrooms, which are fairly good value...

May 1st, 2005

Banlung, Traveling

Getting to Banlung

While route number 7 from Kratie to Stung Treng is thankfully being upgraded, in the meantime, what used to be a lovely graded dirt road from the junction of route numbers and 78 (east to the Vietnamese border through Banlung) has turned into a bone smashing 5 hour trip...

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