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Battambang Slideshow
Battambang
Travel Blogs from Battambang, Cambodia
Battambang et environs, cirque phare ponleu selpak
... la bouteille.. merci au revoir... pour moi c est enorme deja.. le pas.. tellement difficile le khmer.. voila c est tout.. battambang n a pas grand chose a offrir a premiere vue au touristes, comme le nord du perou ou du chili par exemple.. j aime ...
"High speed" bamboo train
... teeth are healthy:) The following day Marylin, Martijn, Silver and I decided to charter a tuk tuk to explore Battambang's surroundings. We really had an interesting day spent crossing the countryside with a bamboo train (!!), one that quickly ...
Battambang
Sleepy little town that the guide book tends to rave about. There is really not much here, but rather peaceful after the chaos of Phnom Penh. There are a number of colonial buildings here, but mostly run down as noone can really afford to look after ...
Siem Reap to Battambang by boat
Un reveil bien difficile ce matin la car a 6h notre bus doit nous prendre a l hotel pour nous amener au port. Pour rejoindre Battambang on doit faire 6 heures de bateau sur un enorme lac, le lac Tonle Sap: C est donc mal reveille et un peu affame qu on ...
Pyhä apina, Batman
Battambang on ollut yksi reissun positiivisimmista yllättäjistä - ei sillä, että kaupunki (vaikka Kambodzhan toiseksi isoin onkin) olisi erityistä vaikutusta tehnyt (vaikka ihan mukava onkin), mutta ympäristö on ollut näkemisen arvoinen, ja ...
Slow boat to Battenbang
... get their feet wet. The trip was great as we passed through what most guide books would descride as "the real Cambodia" - rice and maze fields, grazing buffalo and the occasional riverside community. Small childern seemed to take great delight in ...
Taking the slow boat to Battambang
This is a top pick! ... of the river started to become more built up, with evidence of roads and bridges, we realised we must finally be approaching Battambang. We had heard some thunder in the distance, and seen some flashes of lightening so were silently urging the captain to ...
Prosjekt Hjalmar, rapport #2
Etter den sedvanlige tralten på flyplassen ankom vi endelig Hanoi og Vietnam. En ting som allerede irriterer meg alvorlig etter to dager er at absolutt alle prøver så godt og hardt de kan å rundlure deg. Om det er taxisjafører, dama i butikken, ...
Day 47 - Phnom Penh to Battambang
... off two days ago! Sadly we couldn't enjoy it for long, with a 6am alarm call, to pack for our bus journey to Battambang. The bus itself was surprisingly ok, decent air con, decent leg room, and a very boistrous driver, who was like a Cambodian John ...
Orrori e meraviglie
... conta non e' la destinazione, ma il viaggio, e scoprire cosa c'e' dietro la prossima curva. Dietro la mia ennesima curva c'e' Battambang, la seconda citta' piu' popolosa di questa nazione, anche se a dire la verita' si fa molta fatica a chiamarla ...
The Best Day
... . The artillery was of little interest to me, but the view was amazing. Again, we could see the entire countryside, the city of Battambang, from which we had come, and the coming rain. It was spectacular. Then, we began our descent. This time, we took ...
Battambang (Cambodia)
... must get some kind of commission for doing so. It took another hour at least to get through the Thai departures and immigration. To get to Battambang, my first port of call, I had to get a taxi with 3 random Cambodians, a woman, a man, and an old lady ...
Into history
... keep all places on the map, and to make the entries not too long.) Took the boat from Siem Reap (remember, Angkor) to Battambang, Cambodia's 2nd city. Not that you could tell - it looks like a sleepy provincial town. The boat ride took much longer ...
Master Chef Cambodia
... the day who first took us to Phnom Banan which is said to be the inspiration for Angkor Wat. Next we went to Cambodia's only winery and tasted their red wine and brandy that both tasted like cleaning products. From here we made our way to ...
ALL ABOARD - on the Bamboo Train
... agreement (we found this to be true from our Peace Corps experiences as well), so when we arrived in Battambang (290 Km Northwest of Phnom Penh and Cambodia's 2nd largest city) we set out to make immediate plans to get out into the countryside. ...
Do Courgettes grow in the ground?
... slightly!!). We had fortunately arranged accommodation ahead so we had a Tuk-Tuk driver waiting for us when we arrived in Battambang, feeling completely exhausted from the early start and the 7 hour journey. We checked into our hotel which was lovely, ...
Out of Thailand, into Cambodia
... the wall (Bangkok seems to be full of them). THe next motning nice and early we jumped on the bus headed to Siem Riep in Cambodia. It started out air conditioned, driving on tarmac roads but as soon as we crossed the border we got crammed into a tiny mini ...
Riding the Bamboo train
... driver was out side the hotel and seeing us just arrived offered us a trip to the bamboo train (one of the tourist must-sees in Battambang). We took him up on his offer for a sunset trip, his name was Coco ('you can call me Chanel'!) and he turned out to ...
Border Crossing, Pailin, Cambodia - Destination 2!
... to us about his way of life and his family. His dad is a dog handler with the military clearing millions of mines across Cambodia. The hours which people work just to eke out a living seems incredible. The next few hours saw us viewing life in ...
Last Day in Battambang
I think today was our last day in Battambang. Tomorrow morning (if all goes as planned), we leave for Siem Reap by boat. Today we drove around with Tony and Panya, and we saw some of the workforce behind Cambodian cuisine (noodle makers, rice paper maker, ...
Battambang - all aboard the bamboo train ...
Next stop Battambang, a town located in west Cambodia, said to be less effected by tourism and still somewhere the locals wave at westerners and shout 'hello'. After a uneventful seven hour bus journey, with a couple of toilet stops but no conductors ...
Bangin' Battams in Battambang
Battambang, Cambodia March 9 through March 11, 2012 SICK SICK SICK Head pounding, stomach cramps, diarrhea, this is the absolute worse I have felt in years. It must have been something from the delicious dinner at the restaurant last night. ...
Proper Cambodia
... too and I ate lobster whilst lying back in a hammock for around a dollar, so can't complain there! We're back in Battambang now, renting a motorbike today (only a 125 though!) and exploring some of the local villages. Also yesterday I did a bit of ...
Das Herz Kambodschas
... mit ihm die umliegenden Dörfer zu erkunden (die beste Entscheidung unserer Reise wie sich noch herrausstellen sollte) und anschließend Battambang per pedes erkundet. Weit kommen wir aber nicht, denn nach einem kleinen Imbiss am Markt hält ein Moped ...
A trip to Battambang
... us because of the length of the journey....... But he was truthful with everything else so we give him the benefit of our doubt. Hotel at Battambang was great....sorry we do not have time to explore. Evening meal and to bed as anotherlong day ...
Battembang
... best idea. The boat ride from Siem Reap, across a large lake, to Battembang is billed as one of the most picturesque boat trips in Cambodia. We're not sure how pretty it was since we spent the majority of the trip fearing for our lives - not the best ...
Battambang
... were quite a bit nicer but we have been traveling a long time and are used to roughing it a little. Battambang is one of the biggest cities in Cambodia and we stayed close to the market downtown. On our first night there we walked by the market at ...