Battambang by boat then onto Phnom Penh

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Up at the crack of dawn we got to see sunrise from the cramped conditions of an over filled minibus on our way to the Port in Siam Reap. The Port was a hive of activity and we bought some provisions for the trip. The floating villages are amazing, it's like "Waterworld" only better. The trip was brilliant, people constantly waved from the riverbanks and kids ran alongside the boat. This beats the bus.

Battambang was nice enough and we stayed just the one night then got a bus to the capital.

In my mind I had built up Phnom Penh to be a rough, hard, and dangerous city. It turned out to be the most delightful place actually, granted there are areas where you would be shot by a Khemer over a cigarette, we stayed in the backpacker area, The Lake.

The Lake and its Lanes are a hive of activity, bursting with cheap food and drink. This area is much better than Khao San Road in Thailand, this place felt real. There is talk of the redevelopers moving in and knocking everything down to make way for concrete hotel blocks, lets hope this is a dirty, vicious rumur and nothing more.

Took a day to see The Killing Fields and the S21: Genocide Museum. The experience was deeply moving and disturbing.

After about a week in Phnom Penh we moved onto Kampot.

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Photos

Taking the Kids to School
Life at 7am at the Port in Siam Reap, catching the boat to Battambang.

The School
This floating village has everything...

Snagged!
Transport in Cambodia is of the highest quality.

Fishing net
Huge fishing net on the river.

Street in Battambang
View from our hotel, looking down on the street. Can you see the French influence?

Taking a ride
The five of us caught moped taxis out to the Killing Fields.

Race ya!
Liz having fun!

Pol Pot
At the Killing Fields and the S21: Genocide Museum I was shocked to see people taking photos. This was the only one I took all afternoon.

Would you like ice with that?
Taken in the backpacker area known as The Lake.

View over The Lake
The view of The Lake from our hotel terrace.

and another...
All taken within a few minutes of each other.

The Lanes by The Lake
Backpacker area, bursting with cheap eats and drinks. Beats Khao San hands down.

Comments

[Phil]

Another grea set of pics
Great Kev keep them coming, but don`t ignore the great informitive and ammusing text Phil D