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March 14th 2011 There are two ways of getting from Siem Reap to Battambang, neither of which could be described as quick given the short distance between the two cities (less than 80km as the crow flies). The trouble is that the Tonle Sap lake is in the way, meaning that the bus has to go all the way back west to Sisophon - not far from Poipet and the Thai border - before turning south towards Battambang. The obv
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