Sen Monorom revamp

Up until now getting to Mondulkiri in the rainy season was hell. The road from Snuol, on the main highway north, to Sen Monorom was just a wide dirt road.
But now the Chinese are upgrading the road, making it wider and metalled, and adding bridges where necessary. Work is progressing well.
Work in the center of Sen Monorom has started too.

It has been a habit of Cambodian people of treating sidewalks and sides of the road as private property, using it for everything from displaying merchandise to parking space. Some people actually build on it. For example, Phnom Penh has no sidewalks to speak of. In Sen Monorom, last week, the road construction company tore down all constructions built on public property. I’m told people were paid compensation.