Bokor Hill Station
Close to Kampot in the south of the country, the Bokor Hill Station was used as a retreat for people wishing to escape the sometimes oppressive heat of Phnom Penh. It was abandoned in the 1940s because of the Japanese invasion and again in the 1970s during Pol Pot’s violent Khmer Rouge Regime. Nowadays it has the feel of a ghost town, abandoned, with the exception of the old post office, though most of the buildings are still standing. Its strategic importance is underlined by the fact that the Cambodian authorities still maintain a ranger station on the site.
