(Written by Ty Theavy)
This rapid is called Chhay Roung. Chhay means Rapid in
the Khmer language. Roung is the cave where the rapid is. Around here there are
a lot of creepers growing. A local villager always comes to collect the rattan
and turmeric vine here.
This place used to have fierce tigers and
crocodiles. There is a local story about the tigers. In 1942, 3 brothers
found the creepers here. While they slept in the cave, a tiger came to kill the
one who slept in middle, then a crocodile in the rapid was also killed by that
tiger. The crocodiles were also fierce. So all visitors rarely swam or even
washed their hand here, however; the crocodiles have become gentle since the
King Norodom Sihanouk visited and stirred this water. Some people call this
place Vong Tadaok because a veteran name Tadaok lived and died here.
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