Temple on the Water

Battambang and the Bamboo train!

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September 7th 2006
Today we we got out of bed at another ungodly hour (5.30 am....don't these people know I'm on holidays!!), and met a bus which would take us on a 6 hour boat ride from Siem Riap to Battambang. Now while that sounds fairly shite, I can say that despite the heat and the length of the trip it wasn't too bad. I found it a fairly surreal experience to be sitting on the floor of the boat, watching h ... read more

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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