Oddar Meanchey [meanings northern victory] is located in the top Northwest part of Cambodia that is bordering with Thailand. It is one of the smallest provinces, among the total of 25 provinces in Cambodia that was created in 1964 in name, but only came to life in 1995, cut part of Siem Reap province. The province is the last battle field of civil war, the Khmer Rouge which still remain until 1990s. It has an international border with Thailand called O’Smach, the notorious battlefield in history.
Tourist attractions
Compared to its neighboring provinces, Oddar Meanchey has lesser tourist attractions. However, I have created a list of where to visit while in OMC here with map on Google Map.
- Prasat Tamoan Thom, Google Map is here. The temple lies on the border between the two countries, there are soldiers of both sides guarding the temples these days. It was built
- Spean Tob or Spean Tipv - names of (3 bridges with the same locations and names: central, south, and north) the longest ancient bridge in Cambodia built in Angkorian era with 151m in length, 146m, 30. It is about 35km from the provincial town. It was built to cross the Sreng Stream flows from Dangrek mountain to Tonle Sap. It was built from sandstone and laterite.
- Trapeang Prasat temple, located 500m north of Trapeang Prasat district hall. The temple were built to worship to God Shiva.
- Rolous Thom natural reserve, Google Map is here a kind of sand formation like Grand Canyon but very small and happens naturally. It is only 12 km west of provincial town of OMC but about 32km from O’Smach.
- Sangrokhavoan community forest, the forest protected by the monks that is very good for camping and also home to various wild animals and scared forest.
- Tamok house and Anlong Veng: a house once owned by former Khmer Rouge Commander Ta Mok. Historically, from 1979 - late 1997, the area was organized and controlled by the Khmer Rouge armies. The house is along Road 68, about 100 kilometers east of Oddar Meanchey provincial town. There are some remainings’ statues describe the way the rebels lived and how they arranged their troops during their bloody struggle against the government. The grave of Khmer Rouge Dictator, Pol Pot - it is simply the burial site of the dictator who ruled Khmer Rouge regime which killed over 3 million people from 1975-1979. I have mentioned about the Dark tourism sites around Cambodia which I also included the site there.
- Ato Resevoir - it is a good place to see local people go out fishing in the resevor of 7,000hc of size. I wrote about this resevoir which you can find in Journey to the lifeless forest: Ato Water Resevoir
- Champei waterfall, Kulen Prumtep Wildlife Sanctuary, and some other sites such as Tonle Sar site, O’Angkrong site, Sneung temple, Tropiang Baray, Por Temple, Kuy Plantation, Beung Snor, Tumnub Thmei and Toul Kruoy
Accommodation
from Chittagong city, Bangladesh 
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