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October 14th 2009 Battambang is the second largest city in Cambodia after Phnom Penh, but it still only has around 140,000 people as 80% of the population lives in the rural areas. We road the ''bamboo train'' which is the obligatory tourist attraction, a bit hairy at times especially crossing a rickety bridge. I don't know how the thing stays on the tracks as you hurtle along at breakneck speeds, but it was fun.
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