One of the biggest draws to Cambodia’s second largest city is the Battambang Bamboo train. Now a glorified tourist attraction, the train gives an insight of how people used to transport goods from Battambang to Phnom Penh. A massive sigh of relief rippled across Cambodia when in January, the government had finally announced that the bamboo train was back […]
Tag Archives: Cambodia
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Jan
Jan
No trip to Battambang is complete without a visit to Phnom Sampeau which is approximately 15km outside of the main city. This sacred mountain has a dark side – the Battambang killing cave was used by the Khmer Rouge to throw dead bodies down after they had been murdered. This dark side of Cambodian history […]
23
Jan
Jan
Cambodia is one of the most amazing but also one of the most challenging countries that I have ever travelled to. I mean, in just three weeks I got pissed on by a bat, almost stranded in Battambang, bitten by Fire ants (my mom came off worst) and almost thrown out of a tuk-tuk! (Read […]