Kulen National Park near Siem Reap

Kulen National Park near Siem Reap

Contents:
1. Poeng Ta Kho (Amazing Cliff) ពើងតាខុ (ពើងជ្រួញ)
2. Preah Ang Thom Pagoda វត្តព្រះអង្គធំ
3. 1000 Lingas Temple ប្រាសាទលិង្គមួយពាន់
4. Waterfall (no English name on google maps) ទឹក​ធ្លាក់​ភ្នំគូលេន
The Khmer names are from google maps.

Pictures and a few comments of a trip to Kulen National Park near Siem Reap on 24feb2021. Kulen NP is not under the management of APSARA (Authority for the Protection of the Site and Management of the Region of Angkor, a backronym to match the name of apsara carvings of female mythological dancers); an Angkor pass does not grant entry to the National Park, you have to buy a ticket at a cost of 20 USD for foreigners (free for locals).

From roundabout in Siem Reap to entrance gate at 13.6142,104.0333 about 46 km by road, mostly going North. The road inside the NP is one way, entry and going up allowed up to 11 am. The road is mostly dust track. Most of the road, two cars could pass, but there are some narrow parts and curves (manned with rangers to indicate to cars that they can pass) that do not allow two cars to pass.

1. Poeng Ta Kho (Amazing Cliff) ពើងតាខុ (ពើងជ្រួញ)
ChristianPFC standing on Amazing Cliff:



The sign on the road to the cliff shows an aerial picture:



A particularly narrow and deep crack in the rock:



Interesting erosion patterns:
 


A round hole leading to a round cave with sand on the bottom and a tree growing out of the hole.



2. Preah Ang Thom Pagoda វត្តព្រះអង្គធំ
Gate and stairway leading from the village (souvenir shops) to the temple:



I was expecting a reclining Buddha lying on the ground or carved in a vertical rock surface, but this is carved on the top of a rock. You have to walk up stairs to reach it. It's housed in this building:







Various other shrines and small caves and rocks nearby.

3. 1000 Lingas ប្រាសាទលិង្គមួយពាន់
I was confused about the location of the rock carvings on the riverbed, and now I know that there are two locations far apart, the other is Kbal Spean ក្បាលស្ពាន (but confusingly often called 1000 Lingas as well), reached by 1.5 km hike from highway 66. I went on purpose during dry season, so part of the carvings are dry. These carvings stretch about 100 m along the riverbed.



Here small carvings, the dots represent lingas (penis), the squares yoni (vulva). The purpose was to fertilize the water flowing over them. Some larger (1 m diameter) linga and yoni and Buddha carvings as well can be seen elsewhere.



Cambodian gay boys joke that that's the reason why there are so many gay boys, because the water flows over 1000 cocks carved in the rock.

4. Waterfall (no English name on google maps) ទឹក​ធ្លាក់​ភ្នំគូលេន
The upper level of the waterfall is close to car parking (and souvenir stalls and restaurants - expensive!), the lower level accessible by a steel stairway.



There are more places of interest (Angkorian ruins, bat cave) in the national park, but these are not accessible by car and would require changing to a motorbike or hiking. Enough to justify another visit, but needs some planning, based on data collected on this trip. I prefer a nice hike to a rough ride on a motorbike.

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WOP: Facebook

Words of Praise: Facebook

You can say a lot of bad things about Facebook, but for me it has been useful in various areas.

My facebook profile was dormant for many years, but once a Farang friend told me he meets boys via gay groups (all in Thai language), and I tried it and it worked! Gay groups on Facebook is superior to online dating apps as you get much more information and more and better pictures and a better general idea about the boy.

Once you are active on facebook, it doesn't let you out (I do log out regularly when I notice I spend too much time on facebook), and several other uses popped up as well.

I found my accommodations in Taiwan via facebook.
I found language exchange partner (German-Chinese) via facebook.
I made several friends on facebook.
Reports about entry to Thailand and Cambodia during Covid.
Places of interest for sightseeing and tours or guides.
All of this can be done or found elsewhere, but on facebook you have everything in one place.

A German friend deleted* his Facebook account years ago, and when I asked him for the reason, he said there are too many Nazis on Facebook. Facebook has everything you can imagine and more. I'm looking for gay boys, and I find gay boys on Facebook. My friend is obsessed with Nazis to the extend of writing in his online dating profile that he will not have sex with people who voted for certain parties, and he noticed Nazis on Facebook. He would probably find Nazis in the Soviet Communist Party.

*Facebook will keep your data forever, but I had no access to his profile and our chat. I couldn't find our chat and asked him elsewhere what happened. It seems because he deleted his profile, my messages to him are gone as well. What the fuck!

But the hook for this post is are the following pictures that I found recently and that caused me much mirth that I want to share with my readers.







My translation: Hello, I'm your new neighbor. Tonight, I want to party, drink and fuck. Do you have time? - Of course! - Great! Please watch my dog tonight.











 

 

And a Confucius joke I came up with myself:
Confucius says, he who has dandruff, should not wear dark clothes.

For the following, the picture didn't add any value, so I rather type the message here:
If you get a LOAN at a bank, you'll be paying it back for 30 years.
If you ROB a bank, you'll be out in 10 years.
Follow me for more financial advice.

The following contained a grammar mistake and a typo, and anyway it was just text displayed as picture:

British scientists have discovered that if a girl gets naked in front of you, its means that she either likes you or considers you a very close friends and isn't ashamed of you. But most probably she didn't see you hiding in the bushes.





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