Wat banan

Battambang and about

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July 2nd 2016
What a full on day. Nit picked me up in his tuktuk at 9.00am and I was joined by Franco who is working for an NGO in Phnom Penh. Our first stop was the bamboo railway about 6km out of town. Each train consists of 2 sets of wheels (bogeys?) And a bamboo platform that seats about 6 with a little motor strapped to the back. It jolts along at around 25km/h on rickety tracks for about 30 minutes to a l ... 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