Star Hotel Battambang
Battambang, Cambodia
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About Battambang writing from Kratie
Amy and I love Siem Reap but need to get away and see something new. We took a boat to Battambang from Siem Reap. The boat had wooden benches on the side and was packed with about 30 tourists. We all had seats....that was until we started picking up locals on the way. By the third stop some of the westerners began climbing onto the roof of the boat …
Ratanakiri
Q: How many can you fit into an eleven seat Cambodian mini-bus on an arduous 6 hour journey to Ratanakiri?
A: 18 people, luggage and 6 piglets.
Cramped to say the least we arrived at the Star Hotel, owned by the irrepressible Mr. Leng- a Khmer real estate entrepreneur. The magnificent building and its surrounding grounds worth a …
All aboard!!
Our trip to Battambang wasn't as smooth as we would have hoped! First, Kevin forgot to set the alarm and instead of waking up a relaxed hour before our pick up time of 6am we were woken up 10 minutes after 6 by a knock on the door. This luckily gave Kevin a lesson i had been unable to instill which is to pack the night before if we have an early …
Bamboo Train in Battambang
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Our last entry was from Khao Lak, Thailand. We'd been thinking about where to go next and had been pretty set on getting to Laos, but a closer look at the map made us decide that Cambodia was easier to get to. And so Cambodia it was! A bus ride and a couple of train journeys later we entered Poipet, the famous gambling town …
Villages of Battambang - Cambodia
The next day we took the early morning long boat to Battambang. At first it was going smoothly, well in comparison to the end of the day which turned out to be a bit of a nightmare.
We were picked up at 6:30am by minivan which was completely full so had to stand up for the 30 minute journey to the boat pier crammed in with everyone's …



