Departure towards the capital in the direction of the provincial capital of Kampong Thom, located just over half way between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.
This was once the Royal Way and at Kampong Kdei the passage will take place on the stone bridge of Spean Praptos, dating back to the Khmer period and built by King Jayavarman VII.
The rural landscapes that can only be seen along this road are pleasant and interesting: rice fields, villages, scenes of real life in the Cambodian countryside.
Stop at Sambor Preikuk, the most important pre-Angkorian archaeological complex of the country, the ancient capital of the kingdom of Chenla, precursor of the Khmer one.
There are more than a hundred temples of great charm and rarely visited, divided into three monasterial complexes: the South group of Prasat Yeay Poan, the central group of Prasat Tor and the North group of Prasat Sambor. The latter includes the most important buildings and is dedicated to an incarnation of Śhiva.
Continue to the village of Skhun, famous for its giant spiders, served to those who want it, just in all the sauces: you are surrounded by vendors in baskets turned to the sun to not cool the delicious food, offer the delicate arachnids, purchased in small bags from which they are taken and enjoyed one by one, like fries.