Bamboo Train
This was the "bamboo train" we rode in Battambang, which is merely a two wheel axals, a wooden plank made from thin wood strips and a motor. It goes faster than trains, so if we see a train coming, we have time to take apart the bamboo train and get off the tracks. Great safty precautions, eh? On our ride, another bamboo train was coming from the opposite end, filled to the max with about 15 kids armed with powder. Yikes, is there reverse on this thing? (These were the kids who gave us a life...REALLY sweet girl)
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 
