Kratie Province

Pretty Kratie Province spans the Mekong, from which much of Kratie's population makes its living. Beyond the river, it's a remote and wild land that sees few outsides. Most visitors are drawn to the rare freshwater Irrawaddy dolphins found in Kampi, about 15km north of the provincial capital. The town of Kratie is a little charmer and makes a food base from which to explore the surrounding countryside.
  The provincial capital was one of the first towns to be 'liberated' by the Khmer Rouge(actually it was the north Vietnamese, but
the Khmer Rouge later took the credit) in the summer of 1970. It was also one of the first provincial capitals to fall to the liberating Vietnamese forces in the overthrow of the Khmer Rouge on 30 December 1978.
  In the past, getting about was easier by boat than by road, as most roads in the province were pretty nasty. However, Kratie is now connected by NH7 to Kompong Cham and Phnom Penh to the south and Stung Treng and the Lao border to the north, making it a major traveller crossroads.

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