Kompong Som - Otres Beach - some 9 km east of town is the last beach of the approximately 9+ km long stretch of beach. Once a beach I considered the worlds most beautiful beach.
When I first experienced this very beach in 1973/74 there was a real high jungle growing down to the very beach. Huge trees. Evening around sunset hours, i.e. 6 PM, a loud concert of Millions of wildlife, birds, etc started. The sand was much more white at that time and the beach some 30+ meters wide. Now after all the monetization of tropical wood / logging the jungle is gone, the beach is gone, nature is gone, all beauty is gone. A beautiful beach God created during thousands of years has been destroyed by mankind in a matter of a few years greedy sellout of nature for profit, to finance government, to finance military, to finance greedy businessmen and politicians.
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