Sunday 7th – Tuesday 9th Feb
Ream National Park was certainly worth a visit, from the mangroves to the deserted beaches it was a welcome break from the chaos of Serendipity beach.
The Park has a few Rangers that work 7 days a week and earn $30 a month! Their job is to patrol the National Park for illegal activities and guide tourists on the boat trips within the park. Our guide was called Sokdee, he was quite young and spoke a little English.
The day consisted of taking a boat trip to a small village, a 30 minute stroll through the jungle to arrive at an almost deserted beach! A long the trek there was evidence of a road being built, we managed to find out that the Chinese were already in the process of building a restaurant and hotel complex in the National Park. Sokhu, another Ranger we later met, said that despite there pleas the government continues to sell chunks of land to developers. Evidence of logging was apparent in the Park.
The village was wonderful, small but fully self sufficient, with a school and great community spirit. We had lunch on the waters edge before heading off on the boat to see the mangroves up close. A huge wooden tower had been constructed, which we climbed up for a great view of the mangrove below and National Park in the distance.
The trip was made even better by meeting Vivien, a lovely lady from Canada who was 67 years old traveling through Cambodia...she was very inspirational and gave us lots of good traveling advice.
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