Outskirts of Phnom Penh – Koh Dach & Oudong Temple

Just slightly north of Phnom Penh, barely 20km away there is three little island in the center of Mekong River and the largest Koh Dach was the destination for the day trip. Navigating purely using GPS, hit highway No.6 and somewhere along the way, look out for the small little narrow alley turn to get to Kdei Chas Ferry Dock. Heck even with GPS we still could not find it and had to ask around some locals for directions. Good thing Phanny was there to do all the translation.

Koh Dach on top Right & Oudong Temple on Far top Left

The ferry takes cars as well as bikes ... but honestly, there aren't much places a car can go on the island as the roads are quite narrow. Disembarking to Koh Dach felt and it was a stark different from Phnom Penh. This place feels like it will survive the test of time. One day when Cambodia is fully develop into a bustling country and not just the city of Phnom Penh, I feel that Koh Dach will withstand the test of time, and retain its rustic ways of live.

Ferry Ride Over to Koh Dach

Locals going over to Koh Dach

Riding around Koh Dach Island

The main attraction at Koh Dach was the community silk farm as Koh Dach also had another name, silk island. A little guide on silk farm works, some real life silk worm cocoons and treatment, some handicraft and finally great food. To be honest I would go there again just to relax by the Mekong River and have food in a hammock.

Koh Dach Community Silk Island 

Silk Worms Cocoons 

Silk Weaving 

Lunch the Cambodian Way - At Silk Farm Restaurant

Lunch with Hammock on the Mekong River - Koh Dach

Oudong Temple

The trip to Oudong Temple was a different day from Koh Dach, I just had to put this two post together as Cambodia has really nothing much to write about since I was slacking most of the time. Hit highway No.5 from Phnom Penh and somewhere along the way one can see from far far away a temple on top a mountain. Quite hard to miss really but to be save I still used the GPS as my local guide was always lost in direction for some reason.

The climb was doable and comparable to Batu Caves in KL Malaysia but heck I have gotten so used to the Cambodian flat plateau that this was tiring. At the top was a beautiful view of modern white marbled pagoda temple which was a rare sight in Cambodia when all the temples were usually in ruins. A living temple Phanny called it, as in the temple was still in use and not an ancient relic for sightseeing.

The view from the Phreah Reach Traop Mountain (which is where the temple is situated) was beautiful. Inside the temple was many carefully carved stone Buddha made out of precious stones.

Oudong Marble Pagoda 

View from top of Traop Mountain

Buddha Stone Carvings inside Oudong Temple 

Traveled on : Mar 2019