Tuesday 1 August 2000

Kobal Spien River

Title – Kobal Spien River
Date – August 2000
Location - Siem Reap - Cambodia

After persuading the bike driver / makeshift guide that it would be worth the drive and after “negotiations” with the relevant forestry staff and soldiers, we finally arrived at Kobal Spien river known as The River of a Thousand Lingas, it was worth every second of the negotiations.

At the time almost unvisited we literally unearthed carvings from the undergrowth and everywhere you turned you came across even more spectacular sights. Well worth the extra mile and effort to visit this one.

Beyond The Blue trains individuals as part of it Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop how to develop good communication skills and demonstrates that even without common languages we can come to a negotiation with a strong position and without having to always concede or retreat from our fair starting point.

Please visit our website at
www.safegapyear.com

Image – ©Peter Mayhew

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