The Jungle House

Beneath the remains of a ruined house in the middle of the forest there is a silend underground house with the loud, sweet sound of bats as well as the sound of a water fall. The house, now in ruins, is that of the Cambodian Democratic leader, Ta Mok, Brother No. 1.

Hidden in the middle of the forest, with an ever green view is a tow of houses of Pol Pot Regime leaders such as: Eang Sary. Keiv Samporn, Sin Sein, Ta Mok, and Noun Chea and it is located at Cheung Phnom village. Tropang Prey commune, Along Veng District, Odormena Chey province.

We travel just 20km from Anlong Veng town to climb the mountain towards the Cambodia-Thai border and then we follow a path with a mine-warning sign which reads: " Please follow the villagers' path to avoid danger from mines."

At down, with fog all around in the woods, we can hardly see each other and there are some inspectors in the center of the path to protect visitors'sfety and to guide visitors to the zone. These inspectors are veterans of the Khmer Rouge and are very familiar with this place.... more