Blogs from Battambang, North, Cambodia, Asia - page 5

Petite journée, il est temps de quitter Siem Reap et de rejoindre Battambang, pour le couchage ce sera le Tomato Guest house qui est très très bon marcher ( 1,5 $ la nuit en dortoir ) et en plus une famille adorable et plein d'humour qui gère ce lieu avec un super bar sur le toit! Nous voila dans une ville qui vie au rythme Cambodgien ou à 22H la ville s'endors paisiblement ! Tout comme nous...... read more

You may have noticed we're getting slower and further behind with our posts... We've just slowed down our pace with everything, it's lovely! But seriously Battambang was fantastic, we hired a bike and did a walking and riding architecture tour. It was really hot so we broke it up with some shopping and aircon time. That evening we'd arranged to meet Theanly another friend of Louise and Maree for a drink and deliver some paints to him. We had a lovely drink at bric and brac for Morrison's birthday, then off to dinner. We returned home for an earlyish night only to discover the wedding party under our window that had played dance/pop music the night before, then awoken us with live bands and sermons that morning, was just ramping up again with love songs. Both ... read more

With Jenna and I having a full day in Battambang we hired our tuk tuk driver for today to go and see the sights. Arranging for a not too early start of 10am we headed off to go and see the bamboo railway. Nowadays this is only really used as a tourist attraction, but as the name suggests it used to be used for the sole purpose of transporting bamboo. The 'train' is a a small flat surface ( made of bamboo) which is lifted onto two sets of wheels and a motor slotted in the top! We had the luxury of some cushions to sit on as we travelled the 15 minutes to a small 'false' village - again there for the tourists. The journey, if a little bumpy and a little loud was good ... read more

Road trip- Siem Reap, Sisophon, Battambang Most travellers in Cambodia stick to the popular tourist towns and only travel via organised buses. We thought it would be fun to get our own bike and plan our own road trip starting in Siem Reap, going West to Sisophon and then South to Battambang. Having spent 4 nights in Siem Reap it was nice to be on the road, away from the swarms of tourists and seeing more of the real Cambodia. The bike gives you so much freedom, and the opportunity to immerse yourself in new situations. Riding towards Sisophon we saw: live pigs crammed into small carts, chickens hanging upside from the back of motorbikes, bikes crammed with families, tractors, and many extremely overloaded vehicles transporting goods. The roads have only been built in the past ... read more

Phare Ponleu Selpak Phare Ponleu Selpak ist ein Sozialprojekt, und eine Kunstschule für Kinder, die sonst keine Möglichkeit haben, eine Schule zu besuchen. In dieser Kunstschule lernen sie Zeichnen, Modellieren, und vieles mehr, und ganz speziell ist das Circus-Department. Letzteres zeigt regelmäßig Zirkus-Aufführungen. Und nachdem ich schon in Battambang war, hab ich mir das angesehen. Mehr Infos zu PPS gibts hier: http://www.phareps.org... read more