May 012013
My stop in Battambang was just a quick one: four days on the way to Phnom Penh, to run a few errands and hit its “must-see” attractions…
- Battambang’s vibe was immediately very different from S...
- In many ways, it reminded me of Vietnam.
- Luckily, even without all the competition Battambang’s ...
- Exhibit A: my $12 room.
- My reasons for coming to Battambang were threefold:
- First, for the sake of yesterday’s boat ride.
- Second, I was right at the end of my visa. Since Batta...
- And third, to ride the famous bamboo railway.
- So after spending my first day getting the visa (and ru...
- Battambang’s bamboo railway (located just outside of to...
- The “trains” are built of just a few basic parts: an en...
- By quickly disassembling and removing it from the track...
- …An oncoming car can easily pass by…
- …And the single rail can be used for transit in both di...
- The clever system is really Battambang’s primary touris...
- Sadly, the whole thing is set to be dismantled any day ...
- For my quick journey, I joined up with another group of...
- (…and earn a few bucks by providing a “tour” of an old ...
- Once we’d learned how to fashion glasses out of grass, ...
- …And off I went for yet another day of exploring-by-bik...
- The first thing I found on the way back to town was a s...
- It seemed to be opened, but the inside was eerily empty...
- Literally a ghost town of a mall.
- Next up was yet another train-related sight:
- Battambang’s old, out-of-use railway yard.
- I found this area to be *incredibly* interesting.
- It was a sprawling graveyard of skeletons,
- Parts,
- Warehouses,
- And even a community of locals who’d moved in and made ...
- I spent considerable time exploring every nook and cran...
- The rest of the day I pretty much just rode around the ...
- I traversed its commercial center…
- …Checked out its many roundabout statues…
- …Zipped through its residential back-streets…
- And even stumbled across some local entertainment.
- All in all, I guess I’d describe Battambang as a basic,...
Note: These posts are behind realtime; the above took place in March, 2012.
What was happening in the “local entertainment” pic?
Look at all that pineapple!
Volleyball game 🙂
Interesting…..one train track…..disassemble your train whenever another one comes along….hehehehehehe
Cool railway adventure 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCNrs23r4DA&t=9
😛