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Trip to Mount Aura in January for Laughing Thrush, Chestnut-headed Partridge etc plus Cambodian Tailorbird and Chinese Grassbird. 5 days with 2 nights on the mountain. Jan 17 if interested. Let me know if you want more details
 
Laugher is easy once you get up there, Partridge is hard to get.

I did it about 15 years ago, combined it with Giant and White-shouldered Ibis. The late John Hornbuckle did the Ibis part with us.

Good luck.
 
Is the 17th a lock? Because if you could start one week later on the 24th, I would most definitely be interested! And what costs are you looking at once on the ground in Cambodia (as I live in Thailand)?

I understand if dates are inflexible. Good luck!
 
BKKBen said:
Is the 17th a lock? Because if you could start one week later on the 24th, I would most definitely be interested! And what costs are you looking at once on the ground in Cambodia (as I live in Thailand)?

I understand if dates are inflexible. Good luck!
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Yes I need to go that week - it is not cheap I think $1100 each for two but it is all inclusive and an adventure,
 
andyadcock said:
I assume you're using WCS? I don't think there's an option unless you speak Khmer, hence the price.
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I did it independently, without speaking any Khmer. Taxi there and bus back. Went well. But I might have been lucky in finding people who spoke English.
 
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Arbu said:
I did it independently, without speaking any Khmer. Taxi there and bus back. Went well. But I might have been lucky in finding people who spoke English.
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Things must have changed since I did it then. We were one of the first groups to do it.

Here's a couple of pics, I slept on a table at someones house before the ascent (not me in the pic) and we had quite nice hammocks for the two nights up there, provided by WCS.

It's a hot, arduos hike up the hill, hacking bamboo as you go, or was? This is also a good site for Blue Pitta which we taped in to the camp and a couple of localised races that you should try and see e.g White-tailed Robin.
 

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andyadcock said:
Things must have changed since I did it then. We were one of the first groups to do it.
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I did it about four years ago. I do remember standing in Trapeang Chour for quite a while feeling rather uncomfortable as the crowd around me got bigger and bigger until someone who spoke really good English showed up and I was saved.
 
Arbu said:
I did it about four years ago. I do remember standing in Trapeang Chour for quite a while feeling rather uncomfortable as the crowd around me got bigger and bigger until someone who spoke really good English showed up and I was saved.
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We're in danger of hijacking the thread so I'll retreat, have a great trip, hope you get some good companions.
 
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