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There were more than 500,000 tourists visited Sihanouk vile beach - one of the beautiful bays in the world - 01/01/2012 (Dap news)
ព្រះសីហនុៈ មន្រ្តីជាន់ខ្ពស់ខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ បានថ្លែងឱ្យដឹងថា ភ្ញៀវទេសចរជាតិ និងអន្តរជាតិ ជាង៥សែននាក់ មកកម្សាន្តខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ ក្នុងរយៈពេល១១ខែ ឆ្នាំ២០១១ ប៉ុន្តែគ្រាន់តែព្រឹត្តការណ៍បុណ្យសមុទ្រ និងពិធីបុណ្យឆ្លងឆ្នាំ២០១២មួយថ្ងៃប៉ុណ្ណោះ អាចទាក់ទាញភ្ញៀវទេសចរច្រើនជាង ៦ម៉ឺននាក់ ចូលមកកម្សាន្តឆ្នេរសមុទ្រ ដែលជាប់លំដាប់ឆ្នេរល្អ ដាច់គេលើពិភពលោក ។
អភិបាលខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ លោក ស្បោង សារ៉ាត់ បានមានប្រសាសន៍ប្រាប់អ្នកសារព័ត៌មានឱ្យដឹងថា ភ្ញៀវទេសចរទាំងជាតិ និងអន្តរជាតិ បានកើនឡើងដល់ ៥សែននាក់ ក្នុងរយៈពេល១១ខែ ឆ្នាំ២០១១។ លោក ថាពិធីបុណ្យសមុទ្រមានភ្ញៀវទេសចរ បានកើនឡើងហួសពីការរំពឹងទុក ដោយរំពឹងថា មានត្រឹមតែ៤ម៉ឺន ទៅ៥ម៉ឺននាក់ តែប៉ុណ្ណោះ ។
លោក ស្បោង សារ៉ាត់ បានបន្តទៀតថា បច្ចុប្បន្ននេះ នៅក្នុងខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ សណ្ឋាគារ មានចំនួន ៤៧ ផ្ទះសំណាក់ជាង ១១៧ ដែលសរុបចំនួន បន្ទប់ទាំងអស់ជាង ៥០០០បន្ទប់ ហើយភោជនីយដ្ឋាន មានជាង៧០ ប៉ុន្តែចំនួននេះ មិនអាចបំពេញតំរូវការបានគ្រប់គ្រាន់នោះទេ នៅពេលមានព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ធំៗ ដូចជាពិធីបុណ្យសមុទ្រនេះជាដើម ។
លោកអភិបាល ខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ បានលើកឡើងថា “ភ្ញៀវមកពីអង្គរវត្ត គេមកលេងខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ ដែលជាតំបន់ឆ្នេរ ហើយឆ្នេរខ្សាច់ដ៏ស្រស់ល្អនេះ គឺជាប់លំដាប់ថ្នាក់ឆ្នេរល្អ នៅលើពិភពលោក” ។
ពិធីបុណ្យសមុទ្រ និងពិធីបុណ្យឆ្លងឆ្នាំ២០១២ ត្រូវបានរដ្ឋមន្រ្តីទេសចរណ៍កម្ពុជា លោក ថោង ខុន ចាត់ទុកថា វាជាជោគជ័យដ៏គួរឱ្យមោទនភាព សម្រាប់ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា ក្នុងការទាក់ទងភ្ញៀវទេសចរ ឱ្យមកកម្សាន្តកាន់ច្រើន ក្នុងខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ ។
លោក ថោង ខុន បានលើកឡើងថា “តាមរយៈការទទួល បានជោគជ័យដ៏ធំធេង នៃការរៀបចំពិធីបុណ្យសមុទ្រលើកទី១ នេះ យើងសង្ឃឹមថា ឆ្នាំក្រោយ យើងនឹងរៀបចំ ឲ្យបានល្អប្រសើរជាងពេលនេះ ជាក់ជាពុំខាន ហើយ ពិធីបុណ្យសមុទ្រនៅ ឆ្នាំក្រោយ អាចនឹងរៀបចំ ធ្វើនៅខេត្តកែប" ។
គួរបញ្ជាក់ឱ្យដឹងផងដែរថា ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍បុណ្យសមុទ្រ ដែលមានភ្ញៀវជាតិ និងអន្តរជាតិ ចូលរួមទស្សនាកម្សាន្តរាប់ម៉ឺននាក់ បានរៀបចំជាលើកដំបូង នៅក្នុងខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ ហើយនៅឆ្នាំក្រោយព្រឹត្តិការណ៍នេះ នឹងរៀបចំនៅក្នុងខេត្តកែបម្តងវិញ ។ នៅក្នុងពិធីបុណ្យសមុទ្រ ប្រភេទកីឡា ដែលចូលរួមមាន ៨វិញ្ញាសា រួមមានរត់ប្រណាំង ៥ គ.ម ដែលមានកីឡាករ-កីឡាការិនី ជាង៦៥០នាក់ កីឡាហែលទឹក ៥គ.ម មានកីឡាករ-កីឡាការិនី ២០នាក់ ម៉ូតូទឹក ១៦គ្រឿង បាល់ទះឆ្នេរខ្សាច់ ចំបាប់ឆ្នេរខ្សាច់ ល្បុក្កតោ ប្រដាល់សេរី និងការសំដែងជិះសេះ។ លើសពីនេះ ក៏មានការតាំងពិព័រណ៍ម្ហូបអាហារ អន្តរជាតិប្រមាណ ២១២ស្តង់ ព្រមទាំងប្រគុំតន្ត្រី នៅទល់មុខសមុទ្រឆ្នេរអូរឈើទាលផងដែរ ។
សូមជម្រាបថា ពិធីបុណ្យសមុទ្រ និងបុណ្យឆ្លង ឆ្នាំ២០១២ បានបញ្ចប់ទៅពោរពេញ ទៅដោយភាពរីករាយសប្បាយ និងមោទភាពសម្រាប់ជាតិខ្មែរ ដោយសារតែវាបានចូលរួមលើកម្ពស់ វិស័យទេសចរណ៍ ក៏ដូចឆ្នេរសមុទ្រកម្ពុជា ដែលជាឆ្នេរ បានជាប់លំដាប់ឆ្នេរល្អ លើពិភពលោក ដូច្នេះប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរគ្រប់រូប ត្រូវតែរួមគ្នាអភិរក្ស និងថែរក្សាមរតកធម្មជាតិ ទាំងនេះឱ្យបានគង់រង្ស៕
អភិបាលខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ លោក ស្បោង សារ៉ាត់ បានមានប្រសាសន៍ប្រាប់អ្នកសារព័ត៌មានឱ្យដឹងថា ភ្ញៀវទេសចរទាំងជាតិ និងអន្តរជាតិ បានកើនឡើងដល់ ៥សែននាក់ ក្នុងរយៈពេល១១ខែ ឆ្នាំ២០១១។ លោក ថាពិធីបុណ្យសមុទ្រមានភ្ញៀវទេសចរ បានកើនឡើងហួសពីការរំពឹងទុក ដោយរំពឹងថា មានត្រឹមតែ៤ម៉ឺន ទៅ៥ម៉ឺននាក់ តែប៉ុណ្ណោះ ។
លោក ស្បោង សារ៉ាត់ បានបន្តទៀតថា បច្ចុប្បន្ននេះ នៅក្នុងខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ សណ្ឋាគារ មានចំនួន ៤៧ ផ្ទះសំណាក់ជាង ១១៧ ដែលសរុបចំនួន បន្ទប់ទាំងអស់ជាង ៥០០០បន្ទប់ ហើយភោជនីយដ្ឋាន មានជាង៧០ ប៉ុន្តែចំនួននេះ មិនអាចបំពេញតំរូវការបានគ្រប់គ្រាន់នោះទេ នៅពេលមានព្រឹត្តិការណ៍ធំៗ ដូចជាពិធីបុណ្យសមុទ្រនេះជាដើម ។
លោកអភិបាល ខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ បានលើកឡើងថា “ភ្ញៀវមកពីអង្គរវត្ត គេមកលេងខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ ដែលជាតំបន់ឆ្នេរ ហើយឆ្នេរខ្សាច់ដ៏ស្រស់ល្អនេះ គឺជាប់លំដាប់ថ្នាក់ឆ្នេរល្អ នៅលើពិភពលោក” ។
ពិធីបុណ្យសមុទ្រ និងពិធីបុណ្យឆ្លងឆ្នាំ២០១២ ត្រូវបានរដ្ឋមន្រ្តីទេសចរណ៍កម្ពុជា លោក ថោង ខុន ចាត់ទុកថា វាជាជោគជ័យដ៏គួរឱ្យមោទនភាព សម្រាប់ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា ក្នុងការទាក់ទងភ្ញៀវទេសចរ ឱ្យមកកម្សាន្តកាន់ច្រើន ក្នុងខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ ។
លោក ថោង ខុន បានលើកឡើងថា “តាមរយៈការទទួល បានជោគជ័យដ៏ធំធេង នៃការរៀបចំពិធីបុណ្យសមុទ្រលើកទី១ នេះ យើងសង្ឃឹមថា ឆ្នាំក្រោយ យើងនឹងរៀបចំ ឲ្យបានល្អប្រសើរជាងពេលនេះ ជាក់ជាពុំខាន ហើយ ពិធីបុណ្យសមុទ្រនៅ ឆ្នាំក្រោយ អាចនឹងរៀបចំ ធ្វើនៅខេត្តកែប" ។
គួរបញ្ជាក់ឱ្យដឹងផងដែរថា ព្រឹត្តិការណ៍បុណ្យសមុទ្រ ដែលមានភ្ញៀវជាតិ និងអន្តរជាតិ ចូលរួមទស្សនាកម្សាន្តរាប់ម៉ឺននាក់ បានរៀបចំជាលើកដំបូង នៅក្នុងខេត្តព្រះសីហនុ ហើយនៅឆ្នាំក្រោយព្រឹត្តិការណ៍នេះ នឹងរៀបចំនៅក្នុងខេត្តកែបម្តងវិញ ។ នៅក្នុងពិធីបុណ្យសមុទ្រ ប្រភេទកីឡា ដែលចូលរួមមាន ៨វិញ្ញាសា រួមមានរត់ប្រណាំង ៥ គ.ម ដែលមានកីឡាករ-កីឡាការិនី ជាង៦៥០នាក់ កីឡាហែលទឹក ៥គ.ម មានកីឡាករ-កីឡាការិនី ២០នាក់ ម៉ូតូទឹក ១៦គ្រឿង បាល់ទះឆ្នេរខ្សាច់ ចំបាប់ឆ្នេរខ្សាច់ ល្បុក្កតោ ប្រដាល់សេរី និងការសំដែងជិះសេះ។ លើសពីនេះ ក៏មានការតាំងពិព័រណ៍ម្ហូបអាហារ អន្តរជាតិប្រមាណ ២១២ស្តង់ ព្រមទាំងប្រគុំតន្ត្រី នៅទល់មុខសមុទ្រឆ្នេរអូរឈើទាលផងដែរ ។
សូមជម្រាបថា ពិធីបុណ្យសមុទ្រ និងបុណ្យឆ្លង ឆ្នាំ២០១២ បានបញ្ចប់ទៅពោរពេញ ទៅដោយភាពរីករាយសប្បាយ និងមោទភាពសម្រាប់ជាតិខ្មែរ ដោយសារតែវាបានចូលរួមលើកម្ពស់ វិស័យទេសចរណ៍ ក៏ដូចឆ្នេរសមុទ្រកម្ពុជា ដែលជាឆ្នេរ បានជាប់លំដាប់ឆ្នេរល្អ លើពិភពលោក ដូច្នេះប្រជាពលរដ្ឋខ្មែរគ្រប់រូប ត្រូវតែរួមគ្នាអភិរក្ស និងថែរក្សាមរតកធម្មជាតិ ទាំងនេះឱ្យបានគង់រង្ស៕
A sleepy, seaside escape in Cambodia
By MIKE ECKELThe Associated PressWhile Cambodia's Angkor Wat temples are its biggest tourist draw, beach-bound tourists — particularly those looking for more than the backpacker-on-a-shoestring itinerary — are waking up to the unexplored beauty that this steamy-hot country has to offer, including the low-key beach town of Kep and nearby islands.KOH TONSAY, Cambodia — Ask for the crab. In black peppercorn sauce. The proprietor of the thatched-roof and bamboo-walled island restaurant will acknowledge the order in sign language and broken English. She'll shuffle across the seaside grass over to the dock where the crab cages sit, steeping in the Gulf of Thailand's tepid waters.
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She'll return with a bucket of crustaceans and fry them in an iron wok over a charcoal fire in her open-air kitchen, searing them in a sauce made largely from sweet, fiery Kampot peppercorns. She'll bring you a heap of steaming seafood, pepper sauce, paper napkins and beer to the shaded picnic tables. You'll eat the crab — soft-shells and all — sucking the sauce from your fingers, drinking the beer to blunt the fiery pepper and thank the stars that few people have discovered the culinary and aesthetic pleasures of this southern coastal region.
While Cambodia's Angkor Wat temples are its biggest tourist draw, beach-bound tourists — particularly those looking for more than the backpacker-on-a-shoestring itinerary — are waking up to the unexplored beauty that this steamy-hot country has to offer. The low-key beach town of Kep and the riverside village of Kampot, a three-hour drive south of the capital Phnom Penh, offer rough edges but simple charms, along with nearby islands like Koh Tonsay, where the crab in peppercorn is served.
The Kep-area beaches also offer alternatives to better-known regional beach resorts like Thailand's Phuket and even Cambodia's own Sihanoukville. Sihanoukville was a favorite of jet-setters (Jackie Kennedy visited in the '60s) before the country was beset by the horrors of wars, coups and the Khmer Rouge. These days, Sihanoukville's luxury resorts have plenty of attitude, having been rediscovered by growing numbers of nouveau-riche Cambodians and others. Sleepy Kep, in contrast, seems to attract a clientele that spurns Sihanoukville's swagger.
While Cambodia's Angkor Wat temples are its biggest tourist draw, beach-bound tourists — particularly those looking for more than the backpacker-on-a-shoestring itinerary — are waking up to the unexplored beauty that this steamy-hot country has to offer. The low-key beach town of Kep and the riverside village of Kampot, a three-hour drive south of the capital Phnom Penh, offer rough edges but simple charms, along with nearby islands like Koh Tonsay, where the crab in peppercorn is served.
The Kep-area beaches also offer alternatives to better-known regional beach resorts like Thailand's Phuket and even Cambodia's own Sihanoukville. Sihanoukville was a favorite of jet-setters (Jackie Kennedy visited in the '60s) before the country was beset by the horrors of wars, coups and the Khmer Rouge. These days, Sihanoukville's luxury resorts have plenty of attitude, having been rediscovered by growing numbers of nouveau-riche Cambodians and others. Sleepy Kep, in contrast, seems to attract a clientele that spurns Sihanoukville's swagger.
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A simpler life
The town of Kep consists of a collection of modest residences and hotels tucked into the foliage off crumbling pavement and dusty roads, along with rows of motley shacks and several grand villas, many of which still show the ravages inflicted by the Khmer Rouge who sneered at Kep's bourgeois trappings. Kep Beach is mostly a stretch of rocky sand directly under the main road, though that doesn't stop the locals from swimming along the stony promenade. Notable local landmarks include an unusual nude statue of a fisherman's wife and a monstrous statue of a crab. The 16-room Beach House hotel and its tiny swimming pool hides just above the beach in the tropical hillside foliage, offering sweeping views of the gulf.
Bending around the promontory to the west and north is Kep's main drag, the Crab Market: a line of bamboo and thatch shacks where you can find crab, fish, prawns and squid, not to mention laundry service, tourist trinkets, boat rides, motos (mopeds), cold beer, cheap drugs, Internet connections, massage services and just about anything else you can imagine. The circus mix of locals, backpackers and proper tourists is a prime spot for people-watching.
Farther up the coast are Kep's nicer accommodations. Inland and up in the hills, there's the Veranda, with a wooden restaurant and bar on a slope with a vista of stunning sunsets over the water. Waterside, Knai Bang Chatt has the swankiest lodgings in town with an emerald infinity swimming pool and stylish, modernist building. The hotel's Sailing Club next door has a dining room perched on piers over the water and a small sandy beach where you can sip vodka tonics while the waves lap your toes. Kep Malibu Estates, despite the unusual name, is also perched inland, its swimming pool and grassy yard up a dusty road past rundown shacks and the disconcerting sight of impoverished farm families tending ragged plantings and staring blankly at passing tourists.
The town of Kep consists of a collection of modest residences and hotels tucked into the foliage off crumbling pavement and dusty roads, along with rows of motley shacks and several grand villas, many of which still show the ravages inflicted by the Khmer Rouge who sneered at Kep's bourgeois trappings. Kep Beach is mostly a stretch of rocky sand directly under the main road, though that doesn't stop the locals from swimming along the stony promenade. Notable local landmarks include an unusual nude statue of a fisherman's wife and a monstrous statue of a crab. The 16-room Beach House hotel and its tiny swimming pool hides just above the beach in the tropical hillside foliage, offering sweeping views of the gulf.
Bending around the promontory to the west and north is Kep's main drag, the Crab Market: a line of bamboo and thatch shacks where you can find crab, fish, prawns and squid, not to mention laundry service, tourist trinkets, boat rides, motos (mopeds), cold beer, cheap drugs, Internet connections, massage services and just about anything else you can imagine. The circus mix of locals, backpackers and proper tourists is a prime spot for people-watching.
Farther up the coast are Kep's nicer accommodations. Inland and up in the hills, there's the Veranda, with a wooden restaurant and bar on a slope with a vista of stunning sunsets over the water. Waterside, Knai Bang Chatt has the swankiest lodgings in town with an emerald infinity swimming pool and stylish, modernist building. The hotel's Sailing Club next door has a dining room perched on piers over the water and a small sandy beach where you can sip vodka tonics while the waves lap your toes. Kep Malibu Estates, despite the unusual name, is also perched inland, its swimming pool and grassy yard up a dusty road past rundown shacks and the disconcerting sight of impoverished farm families tending ragged plantings and staring blankly at passing tourists.
Head to the islands
For many, the islands just off of Kep are the real draw. Phu Quoc is the largest, but it belongs to Vietnam and it's some distance away. For that reason, Koh Tonsay — translated as "Rabbit Island" — is arguably the most popular. Like many things in Cambodia, getting there is not entirely for the faint-hearted. Most hotels have connections with boat operators, or you can arrange a boat ride at one of the Crab Market shacks. The skinny boats, built mainly for fishing, are powered by crate-sized outboard engines with propeller shafts the length of a small tree. Their narrow width means they pitch and yaw more than most people feel comfortable with. That said, they move fast, and the 30-minute ride to Koh Tonsay (about $10) takes you out into a bay past poetic scenes of fishermen tending lines and seine nets.The island reportedly was used at one point as a prison colony by the country's long-ruling monarch, Norodom Sihanouk. Today, however, its dense interior foliage keeps most visitors limited to the crystalline waters that slosh the whitish sands on its north side, where simple wood platforms are dotted with hammocks and thatched roofs. Just inland are the open-air kitchens and shacks of the half-dozen families who cater to tourists. For overnight stays, many families rent bungalows that are nothing more than enclosed shacks with wooden sleeping platforms and mosquito nets.For most visitors, lounging on the beach platforms, alternating between swimming in the bathwater sea and drowsy contemplation of swaying palms is the most activity one can muster. Occasionally, wiry, naked-to-the-waist Cambodian men shimmying high into tree canopies, hacking at bushel-sized bunches of coconuts with machetes and letting the green fruit thud to the ground, spooking unsuspecting tourists. For less than a dollar, they'll trim off the husks for you, lop a hole into the top and pop a straw in it for the freshest coconut milk you could possibly hope for.But when hunger truly strikes, it's best to find crab. The size of golf balls, these crustaceans are caught by traditional hook and lines, and left in cages in the water until mealtime. For less than $5, the cook/hostess prepares a mound of the animals, cooked in oil and peppercorns of the Kampot — a once-famous Cambodian agriculture export — and beer for two. The instinct is to equate crab with lobster, use your teeth to dismantle the shell and suck the meat out. But the shells are so soft, you realize it takes less effort to just eat the crab, meat, shell and all. With pepper sauce tingling on your tongue and cold beer washing it down, gorge yourself on Kep's finest culinary offering — and enjoy a place while it remains untrampled by the crowds.
For many, the islands just off of Kep are the real draw. Phu Quoc is the largest, but it belongs to Vietnam and it's some distance away. For that reason, Koh Tonsay — translated as "Rabbit Island" — is arguably the most popular. Like many things in Cambodia, getting there is not entirely for the faint-hearted. Most hotels have connections with boat operators, or you can arrange a boat ride at one of the Crab Market shacks. The skinny boats, built mainly for fishing, are powered by crate-sized outboard engines with propeller shafts the length of a small tree. Their narrow width means they pitch and yaw more than most people feel comfortable with. That said, they move fast, and the 30-minute ride to Koh Tonsay (about $10) takes you out into a bay past poetic scenes of fishermen tending lines and seine nets.The island reportedly was used at one point as a prison colony by the country's long-ruling monarch, Norodom Sihanouk. Today, however, its dense interior foliage keeps most visitors limited to the crystalline waters that slosh the whitish sands on its north side, where simple wood platforms are dotted with hammocks and thatched roofs. Just inland are the open-air kitchens and shacks of the half-dozen families who cater to tourists. For overnight stays, many families rent bungalows that are nothing more than enclosed shacks with wooden sleeping platforms and mosquito nets.For most visitors, lounging on the beach platforms, alternating between swimming in the bathwater sea and drowsy contemplation of swaying palms is the most activity one can muster. Occasionally, wiry, naked-to-the-waist Cambodian men shimmying high into tree canopies, hacking at bushel-sized bunches of coconuts with machetes and letting the green fruit thud to the ground, spooking unsuspecting tourists. For less than a dollar, they'll trim off the husks for you, lop a hole into the top and pop a straw in it for the freshest coconut milk you could possibly hope for.But when hunger truly strikes, it's best to find crab. The size of golf balls, these crustaceans are caught by traditional hook and lines, and left in cages in the water until mealtime. For less than $5, the cook/hostess prepares a mound of the animals, cooked in oil and peppercorns of the Kampot — a once-famous Cambodian agriculture export — and beer for two. The instinct is to equate crab with lobster, use your teeth to dismantle the shell and suck the meat out. But the shells are so soft, you realize it takes less effort to just eat the crab, meat, shell and all. With pepper sauce tingling on your tongue and cold beer washing it down, gorge yourself on Kep's finest culinary offering — and enjoy a place while it remains untrampled by the crowds.
