Synonyms:
Type: NLD Landrace IBL
Style: Ganja
District: Tatai
Province: Koh Kong
Area: Damrei Range
Region: Southern Cambodia
Appellation: Cardamom Mountains
Country: Cambodia
Koh Kong province, nestled between the ocean the Cardamom mountains in the far west of Cambodia was completely disconnected from the rest of the country until the early 2000s when paved roads would finally connect it to a coastal highway stretching the length of the Cambodian coast and on into nearby Thailand. Later would come a road to replace the old smuggler's trails accross the Cardamom mountains.
Smuggling trails were necessary for carrying cannabis across the Thai border in remote areas of the Cardamoms heading into Chantaburi province. Cannabis would come from all the nearby cannabis growing regions including the cleared patches of forest around the Tatai river.
Since the arrival of the Hat Lek border and highway, the eradication campaigns forced all but the smallest, most hidden and remote grows to stop growing or to move elsewhere - with many families choosing the latter and relocating to Kompong Som and Takeo province to grow cannabis for selling to the Vietnamese and local tourist market in the early 2000s.
Good quality locally grown landrace cannabis from the Tatai river area and the Cardamom mountains as a whole is getting harder to find by the year - replicating a trend seen across the entire country.
More information coming soon as we plan to return to the area in 2023
Tatai
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