Prey Veng
Prey Vêng is a Provinces of Cambodia. Prey Vêng area is 4883
Introduction
Svay (pronounced Swai) Rieng and Prey Veng are a couple of sleepy Cambodian provinces that just happen to have one of the country’s busiest highways running straight through them-National Highway 1, which links Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam Just after you cross the Mekong River by way of the Neak Loeung Ferry there is an interesting site in Prey Veng Province.
The province is subdivided into 12 districts.
Ba Phnum-Kamchay Mear-Kampong Trabaek-Kanhchriech-Me Sang-Peam Chor-Peam Ro-Pea Reang-Preah Sdach-Prey Veaeng-Kampong Leav-Sithor Kandal
People
The total population is 1,063,494 person or 7.64% of the total population 13,413,892 person in Cambodia (2001, provincial government data) with growth rate 2.40%, which consisting of 483,759 person or 47.18% are male and 541,572 person or 52.82% of female. In the above number are also consisting of 825,818 person or 80.54% are farmers, 140,685 person or 13.72% are fishermen, 44,561 person or 4,35% are traders, 14,267 person or 1.39% are government’s officers.
The average density 209.98 person per km².
Get in
By Air
The easiest way to get here is by air. Royal Air Cambodge makes the flight three times a week and President Airlines covers two other days of the week. This gives Stung Treng five days of service per week on the Phnom Penh route. Both airlines have offices near the parkway.
The airport is abandoned and left wide open, except when there is a plane coming or going. The locals use the nice asphalt runway as a cut-through to connect with the river road. It is a nice open straightaway, so join the crowd with your big bike and see if you can achieve airborne status. We tried, but the bikes were not quite up to it.
By Bullet Boat to Kratie
Unfortunately, the bullet boats usually don’t journey beyond Kratie. The stretch between Kratie and Stung Treng is loaded with small islands and clumps, with a fair number of dead trees thrown in for good measure. The journey is made only when the water is very high, which doesn’t occur during a good portion of the rainy season. When the boat is running it beats taking a share taxi as, unlike the road, the river affords a smooth ride. The trip downriver to Kratie takes around 4 ½ hours and six to seven hours coming upstream from Kratie. As of May 2000, the bullet boat was running every other day at a fare of 20,000riel. If the boats are making the run, take it- it’s a pretty stretch of the river.
By Share Taxi
Share taxis ply two routes from Stung Treng one to Banlung (Rattanakiri) and the other south to Kratie.
For the trip to Banlung, bring food, water and mosquito repellant because if there is a breakdown (not uncommon) on this bumpy backwoods road you may be caught in the jungle for the night. Share taxis usually go in groups in case of a breakdown, but as the other taxis are usually full as well, people do end up stranded and sleeping out in the elements at times. The five – hour trip stretches to seven hours during the rainy season.
The fare is 30,000 riel for an inside seat. From Stung Treng to Kratie, the fare is 20,000 riel.