#sen monorom

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Buffet Breakfast at Resort Sen Monorom, Lunch at Resort Phumi Ratanak Mo...

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Volunteer School at Putang Village in Mondulkiri Province

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Made it to Sen Monorom for our adventure tomorrow with the Mondulkiri Project! We will be hanging with elephants, hiking in the jungle, having campfires, and lots of fun! This city is sooo much more relaxed than any of the others we have been to- we love it.

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A day with Mondulkiris Gentle Giants

With the Mondulkiri Wildlife Sanctuary`s people are trying to protect some of the last surviving forest and all the animals with in. Through a huge deforestation lots of the giant forest got lost and many animals lost their home.

The l.e.a.f. (local einvironmental awareness foundation) Sanctuary is located 20 minutes outside the town of Sen Monorom. Her purpose is to protect the local forest, the Asian Elephant and to help the local Bunong people. It is also planned to reforest the area with native trees and plants to create the perfect home to some of the last Asian Elephants.

Most Asian Elephants are domesticated as work Elephants to transport the harvest from farms into town, carrying heavy trees through the jungle which is probably one of the worst jobs an Elephant can imagine.

Elephants also get trained to carry tourist through the jungle, which maybe sounds cool to ride on an Elephant but there is always a line. If a single person is riding on a one of this giants it is no problem for the thick skinned guy, but if 3 people with backpacks riding on an Elephant is different, such a weight can cause a life long damage. So be aware on that one if you consider to ride on one of this giants.

The Sanctuary gave the Elephant their earned retirement, so that now many Elephants are living in their natural habitat and can move free through the forest. Elephants are a big part of the daily and spiritual life of the local Bunong people. Each Elephant is co owned by many families who are taking care of the Elephant, those people are called Mahouts (Elephant caretaker). During the Khmer rouge period and the big starvation many Mahouts were forced to move with their Elephants into the jungle were they spent up to 5 and more years hiding from the regime to protect their Elephants from slaughter. It's a pretty cool thought to live with an Elephant in the jungle I need to say. The Bunong people also believe that breeding Elephants would upset the spirits and bring misfortune to their community, cause it wouldn't be a natural way.

All the money coming from charity and from tourists visiting the l.e.a.f. Sanctuary is going right back into the sanctuary, the Elephants, reforestation and to the local Bunong people.

So if you plan on visiting any of these Sanctuary I really recommend to visit the l.e.a.f Sanctuary and tours can be booked over the Nature Lodge in Sen Monorom (Mondulkiri) !

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Sen Monorom

Vi tog til det østlige Cambodia, for at besøge en provins i bjergene (læs bakkerne). Her fik vi tiden til at gå ved at køre rundt på en scooter for at se på vandfald. Sidste billede i rækken er taget på en lokal kaffeplantage. Her regnede vi, efter rigtig mange kopper dårlig kaffe, med endelig at få en lækker kop kaffe. Vi blev svært skuffet. Kaffen mindede mest om en omgang tyk, sød tjære. Alt for stærk. Men alt i alt en hyggelig by, noget køligere klima, hvilket var utrolig dejligt efter et par varme dage i Siem Reap.

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Hoch oben in Mondulkiri

Der Wilde Westen (bzw. In Kambodscha der wilde Osten) war für mich zwar ein Umweg in Richtung Laos aber das Land sollte noch eine Chance kriegen, schöne Menschen und Flecken zu enthüllen. Also ging es aus der Hauptstadt bergauf auf die Hochebene im Osten. Bekannt für seine Elefantencamps war Sen Monorom relativ konzentriert und mega windig zu dieser Jahreszeit. Ich fand ein kleines Dorf mit originalen "Indianer" Hütten und fand es dort sehr gemütlich. Bei dem stürmischen Sonnenschein fiel mir natürlich nichts besseres ein, als eine Fahrradtour zu machen - und dazu noch bei Achterbahngleicher Berg- und Talfahrt. Angestrengt erreichte ich verschiedene Dörfer und das Meer aus Wäldern. Achja: Reisende berichteten mir von allerlei Kriminalität in Phnom Penh auf offener Straße. Scheint, als wäre ich zur richtigen Zeit immer am richtigen Ort gewesen. Achja 2: Das WWF Elefantencamp wurde etwas zur Schnitzeljagd und am Ende durfte ich nichtmal das Gebiet betreten, weil die wilden Dickhäuter dort ganz frei machen, was sie wollen. Schade. Achja 3: endlich nette und ehrliche Menschen (nach 3 Stunden Fahrradfahrt ins Nichts)