The Locals do Use it too

November 12th 2009
After a good few days in Phnom Penh we headed North West to Battambang, Cambodia’s second largest city. It took about 6 hours on the bus and we were pleased to arrive in time to have a go on the Bamboo train that day, meaning we could head straight to Siem Reap the following day. We stayed in the Royal Hotel at $6 for a double en-suite it was a steal. We dumped our bags, had a beer ($1 for a ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » North » Battambang

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

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Tony and George

Hi there, This is our first ever time "blogging" so hope it goes well and doesn't bore anybody. The best thing about this blog is if you subscribe the website emails you when we've updated it so you don't need to keep checking. For those who don't know (surely there isn't a living soul who doesn't know???) the aim of our trip is to get to Australia without getting on a plane, after extensive research we reckon this probably isn't going to happen once we get to Indonesia, but we will try our hardest to achieve this goal and will definately go the furthest we can go by train/boat/bus/bike... full info

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