Victoria Hotel Battambang

... which I only learnt after my first bug!). It’s a great experience… Especially when you meet a train coming in the other direction! Whoever has more people takes priority. We were quite excited when we saw another train heading towards us. As there were only three on our train (including the driver), we had to dismount and the driver (plus someone from the oncoming train) dismantled the train so the other train could pass. It was ...

... of people in this province and from the most province have been joined this competition. Battambang province organize this once a year after Promben day that is a traditional occasion of Khmer. At the third day of this competition, they will light lanterns and float them on the water. They do this because they believe that their relative spirit who haven't gone to the ghost world yet after Promben day and they ...

... to form an enormous lake. (copied that from Wikipedia!). There are over 5000 people living on the river and 1300 boats. As we drove past we little villages which had schools, shops, police stations and even a pig! There is literally no land for hours and all they daily lives are conducted on water. Mind blowing being hours by boat from land. <br><br>Arrived in Battambang and initial impressions was that there was not much to do and they were right. I wasn't ...

... journey, but we heard from other travelers that the journey took them 10 hours packed onto a boat with no toilet. We also thought about going to the Prek Toal bird sanctuary, but it would have cost $160 and that's a bit much for us.<br> <br>We arrived at Battambang at midday and the Bus Stop Hostel had sent 2 motorbikes to pick us up. My dad will be proud to know that I got on the back of one bike, with my 20kg rucksack between the drivers knees - oh I've changed ;) I even ...

... est un seule temple mais il y a environ 80 temples dans cette cite construit par differents rois et differentes annes. Le site est tellement grand qu on doit se deplacer en tuk-tuk ( genre petite moto avec des bancs attaches a l arriere). En visitant ces merveilleux temples on s est aussi lie d amitie avec notre chauffeur de tuk-tuk, Mr Chan qu on avait envie d immigrer au Canada. La vie est vraiment difficile ici, comme exemple il a essaye d aider les pauvres pendant 7 ans ...

... bad singing, a Beng Beng apiece and a bit of a stumble down a pavement. Ahhh, good times! The others left in the morning, although hopefully we'll meet up in Vietnam and I stayed on for another day before getting the boat across to Siam Reap. I spent the morning doing nothing except eating and reading and having little lies down, the only thing of note was when one of the lovely ladies from the bar called me to look over at the square from the rooftop bar, there were ...

... full route no doubt catch the bus). We went past some fastinating floating settlements on the lake and then past village life going up the narrow and winding river to Battambang, stopping to pick up and drop off locals on the way. The boat scraped the river bed on numerous occasions. We stopped at a floating place for a break (lunch/drink/toilet) just after midday. (The facilities were a couple of cabins round the back with a ...

... with tall palms and saw a Buddhist Temple, a fish-paste factory - intensely gross, as well as the local killing fields. It's impossible to imagine what it must be like to live in a country that has so many of these small killing fields in each province. Our guide told us that if you dig a little under the earth you can still find small bones.

We arrived starving after a nightmare local bus journey from Siem Reap. The dodgy 'Hilton' had neglected to give us any tickets so Laura had to sort it out with alot of sign language. We were planning to do a cooking course to learn how to cook our beloved Amok but the only cooking school in town was closed. We went for a nice lunch in a local cafe and a stroll round town and saw there wasn't much to keep us entertained so ...

... br> The next stage is to barter a lift with the 'taxi mafia' in a shared taxi to a town 4 hours away; the hottest ride around these parts is the Toyota Camry which seats 4 normally but here the standard number is 8! It has to <br>be seen to be believed. Needless to say we arranged our ride and arrived in the next town and learnt alot on the way, see attached for the local garage!! <br> <br><br><br><br><br>What sets this apart ...