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We took the journey from Siem Reap to Battambang by boat. It passes some scenic river life in an eight hour journey. In the wet season they use bigger boats that only take five hours, but the locals don't like those because of the damage they cause. As it was even with the smaller boat there were a few angry people shaking their oars at us as we passed. But it isn't just a tourist boat, the locals take it too, so I'm not going to feel bad about using it. The oar shaking was far outweighed by the smiles and waves.
On our day in Battambang, along with Jolanda and Ian who we met on the boat, we took motos with drivers to see the main tourist sites. They consist of a few temples, a tree full of bats and a bamboo train. The bamboo train was seriously good fun, basic in the extreme so that if they are using it and come across a real train or another bamboo train loaded heavier they can just take it off the track.
There should be photos of the day around Battambang but lack of planning (and too
many photos of Angkor temples) meant my memory card became full. I put the 4gb card in that gave me problems back in India, still gives me problems now. I'll find a computer eventually that lets me get those pictures off. In the meantime I've linked to some bamboo train pictures by monkeycopilot, who has a good video clip of the action too.
johnson
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Keep 'em coming
Hi Paul, Just to confirm that a lack of comments on your blog does not signify a lack of interest. For your relatives and friends they are riveting, and I am sore others read them and look at your photos with interest. Well done. I hope you kept Tom out of that brown water. He seems to attract bacteria, given the chance! I hope your birthday went well and we will be hearing all about it shortly. I did start a comment before but just at that point the power went off in parts of East Anglia and beyond for more than half an hour and I lost it! We have had some bad weather and something to interrupt output happened to the power from Sizewell B, while another power station in the North was down as well. As you can imagine, the bigger shops had to close. No such problems in the little shops, of course. In the out-of-the-way parts where you have been they would surely laugh at the idea that not being able to use an electronic till and bar codes would prevent a deal! All the best, Johnson