Battambang - The Bamboo Train & Killing Caves

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February 4th 2013

Published: February 4th 2013

We were standing outside Globalteer House on Friday morning, with five minutes to spare before the transit bus was due to pick us up. We were still standing there an hour later, convinced it wasn't coming at all. Eventually, after two phones calls to see where they were, a grubby outdated van pulled up, with two Khmer men in the front. The door was unceremoniously pulled open for us and we pil... Read Full Entry

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Deb Minic

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After months of research, the itinerary is set in stone and I am on the verge of departure for my second trip to India, this time with my sister Ginny. This isn't an organised tour, I have created our itinerary myself, visiting twelve fascinating destinations including Hampi, Mumbai, Jaipur, Orchha, and Khajuraho. We fly into Hyderabad in central Southern India and depart from Amritsar in the North. In between we'll have 35 days to enjoy all the colour and chaos India has to offer. We'll be sleeping on overnight trains, enjoying the luxury of travelling with private drivers for two section... full info

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Dried Fish & Sausages

Fish in every form....

Fish Paste

Buckets of fish paste. We watched the women make this. They literally ground the fish up...

Sausages Anyone?

Food, food, glorious food!

Anyone's Guess....

Can anyone enlighten me as to what some of this produce is?

Lots Of Noodles & One Fly

Yep, there's one lonely fly on this big basket of fresh noodles. Must of got lost on his way to the fish stands...

Live Birds For Sale

These birds had their feet tied together and were lying in the walkway. Notice the tiny baby birds for sale on the table behind them.

Fresh Crabs

I wonder how one eats a crab so small...

The Fish Markets

Time for a chin wag, after all we've cleaned all our fish! Notice the blood on the middle woman's shoes and hands.

More Dried Fish

We weren't sure what species some of this dried fish actually started life as. One that looked like squashed black bananas still has us shaking our heads.

5th February 2013

lmh
LmH

Dust
I remember the Cambodian 'snow' well! Xx

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