Prey Veaeng

Prey Veaeng is quite a sleepy Cambodian province, that just happen to have one of the countries busiest highways running straight through it-National Highway No 1, which links Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. It is a small but heavily populated agricultural region located on the east banks of the mighty Mekong. The name of the province means literally “tall forest”, but actually doesn’t refer in any case to lush forests as most of them were chopped down in the past 30-50 years. Also rubber played once a big economical role in this province, but since the war took over the country the plantations are no longer commercially viable.
There are little places of significance to see nowadays, but during the pre-Angkorian times it must have been one of the most populated and lively areas of the country. One of the earliest pre-Angkorian kingdoms was located in the area around Ba Phnom. The sleepy provincial capital is also named Prey Veng and situates on the National Highway No 11, recently rebuild as a road link between National Road No 11 and No 7, or Neak Luong and Kompong Cham. There aren’t a lot of travellers making their way to that small town. So if you would like to escape from your fellow travellers that’s an opportunity, especially on the way to Kampong Cham. It’s also a stop worth on the way to or from Vietnam.

The town itself hosts a few decaying colonial buildings, showing that this was once a lively and important centre. There is a huge lake on the west edge of the town, which evaporates from March till August and local farmers cultivate their rice on the fertile ground.

Prey Veaeng  Hospital

Prey Veaeng  Hospital  Prey Veaeng Province is located to the Southeast of Phnom Phen, Cambodia on Route 1 toward the Vietnam border; a little over an hours drive from Phnom Phen.  This area has a large population of Vietnamese who have resided in Cambodia since the war. It is a very poor area with work, food, medical facilities, and schools being quite limited.  A group of men from the U.S, Canada, the Philippines as well as Cambodia are going to start a mission there to carry God’s love to these people. If you desire to be a part of this mission from the beginning please let us know.  We welcome your help, be it by support with prayer, financial gifts, or even physical participation.  This mission will be called “His MIssion” because not a single man can take credit for it.

Thank you for your interest, and help, if you are able.

The pictures inserted are in a very limited hospital in  Prey Veaeng. The people you see are patients or relatives of patients who are dying of Malaria or Aids. Please help us to send them the necessary drugs to fight the deadly deseases.  We may be their only hope.

Gary Stites: I am the Point man for this project and U.S Sargent from the war, returning to help the Vietnamese and Cambodians with His guidance.  Please join this challenge.

Prey Veaeng to Phnom Penh by Motorbike, Ba Phnom, Preah Vihear Chann, Neak Luong

We have breakfast in the Mittapheap Restaurant before getting on the bike. We leave on road 11 towards Neak Luong. The plan is to follow this road only for about 10-12 kilometres and then a secondary road (317) for about 25-30km to Ba Phnom (Ba Phnum, Phnom Chi-gaht). According to the Lonely Planet, Ba Phnom is one of the earliest religious and cultural sites in the Kingdome of Cambodia, dating back to the 5th century and the time of the mysterious Funan. It remained an important place of pilgrimage for kings of the subsequent empires of Chenla and Angkor and continued to be a place of spiritual significance into the 19th century, but its past conceals a darker side of human sacrifice. According to French records, human sacrifices continued into the protectorate and were only finally stamped out in 1872. The guide book also says that “It is only really worth the detour for those who have a keen interest in early Cambodian history.

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A look at the parade of New Guinea’s birds reveals a diverse assortment of species, ranging from birds of prey, such as the harpy eagle, to birds of paradise, including the king bird of paradise.
About 760 bird species (including visitors and vagrants) are found in the airways and forests of New Guinea. Around half of these are endemic, and hence are found nowhere else in the world.1

Papua New Guinea (PNG), the eastern side of the island, ranks fourth in the world in terms of bird species with limited ranges, and sixth in the number of Endemic Bird Areas.

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