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Battambang Slideshow
Battambang
Travel Blogs from Battambang, Cambodia
Bada-bing, Battambang!
... Cambodia (well my knock-off lonely planet Cambodia, only$3.50 US, not bad) I decided that the nearby provincial capital of Battambang seemed like a good choice, with some old french-colonial architecture and some good day trips. So I went ahead and booked ...
Siem Reap to Battambang
Day 1 Catching the boat to Battambang was interesting. They overloaded the boat as they do here. After 1 hour the boat had taken on alot of water and was rocking a bit too much for most of our liking. I was hoping for a capsizing story, but alas we ...
Siem Reap To Battambang
... for this!) without English. The meal cost us 6 dollars - which included 3 beers for Stewart! Day 11 - Wednesday 10th November - Battambang We took our first trip on Motos today. We were taken for a tour of the countryside which almost everyone who ...
Across the Border!
... of Thailand and into Cambodia, a man from a taxi company came over and sold us on his company. He offered us a taxi to Battambang (our destination) for a price we were hoping to get. The first half of the trip was really bumpy (very poor maintenance road, ...
Battambang - busy doing nothing
... support children whose families have been affected by AIDS/HIV and we made it a regular lunch spot. We had a little wander around Battambang, but there isn't much to see, just a town with riverfront colonial buildings. Most of the time we spent sunning ...
Battambang
... my way through them and locate a hotel recommended in the guide book. The hotel was nice and the price was right - $3. I was expecting Battambang to be a nice. The guide book painted the picture that it was a really nice town. But, from what I could ...
Riding around Battambang
... fields". I went in there alone, with no guide... very very creepy, and even more when knowing what happened there. Back to Battambang, I took the bus to Phnom Penh. I was sitting next to a Khmer who works for a NGO, bringing education (school, civil ...
Battambang, Nord-Ouest du Cambodge, 8 Mars 2008
Aujourd'hui, on se fait un petit tour a moto avec 2 guides pour decouvrir Battambang et ses environs. Il pluviote un peu, mais c'est pas plus mal : la route sera moins poussiereuse comme ca. A peine a-t-on fait 15m qu'on tombe sur un magnifique mariage ...
Battambang
... villages. Our arms ached by the end of it as every Cambodian kid along the way was waving so we had to wave back! In Battambang we did.... absolutely nothing! It was our chillout stop after 6 weeks on the road, 4 bad stomachs (2 each) and 5 consecutive ...
Colonialism, currency chaos and cheerful children
... contact - no selling or adult-led underhandedness here. Adults look more serious and weary of the streams of snap-happy tourists. Battambang would win no beauty contests - it reminds us of parts of Morocco - particularly Tangier - some France of old. ...
Battambang
After a shaky start to our time in Cambodia we got on a bus to Battambang for a few days to chill out. Its a strange place, a little run down but lots of character. The best way to describe it to those of you that have traveled to Angkor is that its like ...
Into Cambodia
... itself (most live in simple huts/shacks with only very basic means - all farming is done manually). We arrived in Battambang, Cambodia's 2nd largest city expecting something slightly less crazy than Bangkok. However, we were greeted by what we would ...
River rats
I love boat trips! The moment I found out we could take a boat from Siem Reap to Battambang it was a no-brainer. We're not bike nuts, determined to pedal every mile anyway. Chuck them on the roof, bags in the hold, job's a goodun! ...
Dusty Cambodia
... of Dom Boeng Kraw Ngum. Eat and play cards on the terrace top restaurant back at the hotel that gives great views of Battambang. Tuesday 4 January 2005 Feel a bit dodgy this morning (why does alcohol do that?). We decide to go out on a tour of ...
traveling again
We chose to come here because I thought it sounded like a chill town. While it is definitely a chill town, maybe too chill at night because there is really nothing to do here. It is described in our guidebook as an "elegant riverside town", ...
So hungry!
... here yesterday I was about to faint. I did the 9 hours bus ride from Sihanoukville on a empty stomach. We then walked around dusty Battambang for 1 hour before we found a place that wasn't full. I ate like a pig when we finally made it to a restaurant. I ...
Bamboo train woooo!
... a temple from the 11th century which was very cool and once again we felt like we were Indiana Jones. We tried some excellent Khmer curries in the restaurants in Battambang and the following day got up ridiculously early to take the boat to Siem ...
Floating villages ... amazing!
... at the "docks" where there were a couple of boats waiting - The big one was for Phnom Penh and the small one was for Battambang. As we were waiting to leave, a guy just lit up his cigarette amongst everyone and his smoke was bothering me only a little ...
Back to the roots
... are soon called Brother Patrick and Sister Saoyuth (the traditional way of calling family members). Most of our time in Battambang will be devoted to visiting relatives of Saoyuth's parents and visiting places where they used to live: the ...
Motos Through Battambang
... the back which powers the platform. Our two drivers, their motos and us hopped on for our 30 minute ride back to Battambang. It was also interesting to learn what the rules of the rail are. Essentially, if two platforms meet, the ...
Battambang: le train de bambou
Des roues, un plancher de bambou, un petit moteur et un conducteur. Nous prenons place à bord du train de bambou. Et c'est parti mon kiki! À 20 kilomètres à l’heure, un petit vent nous rafraichit. Des papillons et des libellules entrent en ...
Battambang
... very flat landscape and after another two hours we stopped again. Less than another hour and we arrived in 'Battambang', a stopover in the middle of Cambodia's rice growing area. A quick lunch and then we were off on an afternoon of sightseeing round the ...
Heart Shaped Country Full of Big Hearts For Change
... about us "strange looking tourist." On Monday afternoon Amanda and I headed to a village called Slarkram 7 km south of Battambang to teach English. I had heard about these after school English classes from a fellow PCV from the Philippines (Ian), ...
No witty entry title this time
... with a small engine, really cool and fast, especially considering the hideous conditions of the roads in Cambodia. And speaking of hideous road conditions, I left Battambang today on a 6-hour bus, which luckily had a tv, but unluckily, played 6 hours ...
A Contrast with Past and Present
... and brochures. Cambodia does not fall into that category. You can scratch the surface here with a soggy tomato. From Angkor, Cambodia once ruled most of Southeast Asia. The temples left from the 11-14th century dynasty are jaw-dropping incredible. ...
Riding The Rails
... aromatherapy but definitely heavy on the aroma. Smelling like a pair of well done fish cakes, we arrived safely in Battambang. It's the second largest city in Cambodia yet it has a small town feel to it- there is very limited tourist activity which is a ...
City on the way...
... . We enjoy the French colonial architecture and the empty streets that don’t bother us with tuc-tucs or souvenirs. We like Battambang. Our hotel that we have found through the Lonely Planet guide is owned by a big Australian man who has married a ...
River Cruise to Battambang
... alleys of dense river growth with branches belting into the windowless cabin causing us to duck out of the way. Once in Battambang we found a nice and ridiculously cheap guest house and a friendly tuk-tuk driver to escort us the following ...