Battambang
Here's proof the track is 1 meter guage: these are my feet on the rails.
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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the... [read more]
Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the... [read more] Blog: I Rode the Bamboo Train
Date: August 11th 2008
Cambodia has just one long railway line left in operation. It’s narrow too: the rickety rails are just one meter apart. I visited the Phnom Penh railway station and found the schedule had changed from trains on every second day to one a week. Now one up-train leaves on Saturdays, and it turns into the down-train which returns on Sundays. I didn’t want to wait in Phnom Penh til Saturday, ... read more
Date: August 11th 2008
Cambodia has just one long railway line left in operation. It’s narrow too: the rickety rails are just one meter apart. I visited the Phnom Penh railway station and found the schedule had changed from trains on every second day to one a week. Now one up-train leaves on Saturdays, and it turns into the down-train which returns on Sundays. I didn’t want to wait in Phnom Penh til Saturday, ... read more
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