Pailin is a province at the northern edge of the Cardamom Mountains in the west of Cambodia, 25km from the border of Thailand. This province is surrounded by Battambang Province, and was officially carved out of Battambang to become a separate administrative division after the surrender of the Khmer Rouge in 1996. Known also for the precious gem mining activities, this province offers beautiful sceneries of mountains, waterfall and lush bamboo forest.
Other interesting sites for tourists include Wat Rattanak Sorphon, a Burmese style pagoda more than 570 years of age. Beautiful Burmese characters are inscribed on the gates. This is evident of early Burmese settlement in this area. Indeed, the Burmese were the first people to discover the precious gems and Pailin became the largest mining center for sapphires and rubies in Indochina then. Source by: http://www.pailin.info/
Phnom Yat has a good number of places where visitors could still see the gem-mining activities today. Being a border town, there are also casinos in Pailin.
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