The train from Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh
Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:14 am
These pics have no particular artisic merit but some of you might find them interesting.
This is the train station in Sihanoukville. The place is utterly deserted, it has a constant drip, drip, drip like a rain forest...
Sadly, I got no pics from the rest of that day. I followed the train tracks on foot for maybe 10 K's following the coast towards Thailand. All the rolling stock and railway buildings along the track had been cobbled into makeshift accommodation. A half finised railway bridge stood undisturbed since 1975. Indeed, as far as I am aware no train has rolled since 1975. Hun Sen only really runs PP, with Snookyville, Poipet, Angor, Koh Kong etc under control of their own warlords. This split of intrerests is at least 50% of why nothing works in Cambodia. But you know, nothing works there in a really elegant way ^^
One of my more interesting days out in Cambodia.
This is the train station in Sihanoukville. The place is utterly deserted, it has a constant drip, drip, drip like a rain forest...
Sadly, I got no pics from the rest of that day. I followed the train tracks on foot for maybe 10 K's following the coast towards Thailand. All the rolling stock and railway buildings along the track had been cobbled into makeshift accommodation. A half finised railway bridge stood undisturbed since 1975. Indeed, as far as I am aware no train has rolled since 1975. Hun Sen only really runs PP, with Snookyville, Poipet, Angor, Koh Kong etc under control of their own warlords. This split of intrerests is at least 50% of why nothing works in Cambodia. But you know, nothing works there in a really elegant way ^^
One of my more interesting days out in Cambodia.