As I see it, it will end up in the Sekong river and yes, ultimately of course in the Mekong.

Reap what we sow.

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Anyway, a dam was opened in Cambodia too, washing away 'luxury river bungalows':

Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:56 pm Anyway, a dam was opened in Cambodia too, washing away 'luxury river bungalows...

There are some really complex and interwoven issues in that story, but good to hear no-one was lost, and WTG to the Wildlife Alliance rangers who helped with the rescue.

StroppyChops wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:03 pm

Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:56 pm Anyway, a dam was opened in Cambodia too, washing away 'luxury river bungalows...

There are some really complex and interwoven issues in that story, but good to hear no-one was lost, and WTG to the Wildlife Alliance rangers who helped with the rescue.

Yes, I don't really know what to think of it too. The fact there was no warning is bad, but hey, it's night, it's Cambodia.... Not opening the gates might be even worse...

Maybe the conclusion is that floating bungalows close to a dam in a country like Cambodia are not as safe as one would expect. Nine years of safe operation doesn't tell me much. I clearly remember what the village of Ta Lao on the shores of the Se San looked like after the Vietnamese had to open a dam in 2009. And they issued a 24 hour warning. There's simply not much you can do when that amount of water comes your way.

Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:09 pm

StroppyChops wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:03 pm

Kammekor wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:56 pm Anyway, a dam was opened in Cambodia too, washing away 'luxury river bungalows...

There are some really complex and interwoven issues in that story, but good to hear no-one was lost, and WTG to the Wildlife Alliance rangers who helped with the rescue.

Yes, I don't really know what to think of it too. The fact there was no warning is bad, but hey, it's night, it's Cambodia.... Not opening the gates might be even worse...

Maybe the conclusion is that floating bungalows close to a dam in a country like Cambodia are not as safe as one would expect. Nine years of safe operation doesn't tell me much. I clearly remember what the village of Ta Lao on the shores of the Se San looked like after the Vietnamese had to open a dam in 2009. And they issued a 24 hour warning. There's simply not much you can do when that amount of water comes your way.

My immediate thought was that I bet not many rural Khmer live on that floating island, but then realised that's a bit uncharitable of me as it would have been terrifying for those actually on it. The fact that the management could get a condemning media statement out so quickly also distances the organisation from the locals, and surely there's insurance involved. But yeah - you'd think the warning would be mandatory, if not an audible siren system in the floodplains from the dam. And, many other issues.

Mrs Stroppy and I were in Vietnam when officials decided to release a dam to save their own homes, in the full and certain knowledge they were about to kill hundreds of people they didn't know further down river. It turned out the dam release was not approved or necessary, and that the officials were only protecting their own material interests. I'm forever skeptical of motive and intent when you hear media reports about Mr X. saying he HAD to release the dam because reasons.

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Not difficult to predict the shed tears and polite curses on TripAdvisor.com. First they lost Sihanoukville, now this. I predict fewer well heeled Australian tourists this year.

taabarang wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:30 pm Not difficult to predict the shed tears and polite curses on TripAdvisor.com. First they lost Sihanoukville, now this. I predict fewer well heeled Australian tourists this year.

Do well heeled tourists come to Cambodia?

fatuousdrivel wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:46 pm

taabarang wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:30 pm Not difficult to predict the shed tears and polite curses on TripAdvisor.com. First they lost Sihanoukville, now this. I predict fewer well heeled Australian tourists this year.

Do well heeled tourists come to Cambodia?

The fully booked 500 and 1000 dollar rooms a night say Yes. Or are they all money laundering operations?

fatuousdrivel wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:46 pm

taabarang wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:30 pm Not difficult to predict the shed tears and polite curses on TripAdvisor.com. First they lost Sihanoukville, now this. I predict fewer well heeled Australian tourists this year.

Do well heeled tourists come to Cambodia?