The boat to Battambang. 5 hrs of wow, almost too much really, we were ready to get off our bums by the end. Its the wet season which makes it particularly impressive. Below we drive through kilometres of boatwidth channels through scrub. You have to watch the flick from branches when standing on the roof, that stings, that shit draws blood!
We had these guys under our hull at one stage as we struggled to get past.
We opened out onto these eerily isolated yet plentifully populated water villages.
Battambang itself didnt live up to the hype, at least not on the first day. You really see the effects of the low season here, we just keep seeing the same two other tourists where ever we went! It was a grower though, the next day we hired a moto and hit the dusty dirt tracks. There aint no sightseeing while driving here, its a full on sport negotiating the potholes. Luckily there had been no rain, so there was no mud. Megan learnt to drive one here, no mean feat! We visited hills, caves and more temples, an awesome day. Rural Cambodia rules!
Megan likened herself to this rock. We also saw a big snake, and human remains in caves from where the Khymer Rouge threw the victims of their communist genocide during the late 70's. Bit disturbing that bit is.
We had these guys under our hull at one stage as we struggled to get past.
We opened out onto these eerily isolated yet plentifully populated water villages.
Battambang itself didnt live up to the hype, at least not on the first day. You really see the effects of the low season here, we just keep seeing the same two other tourists where ever we went! It was a grower though, the next day we hired a moto and hit the dusty dirt tracks. There aint no sightseeing while driving here, its a full on sport negotiating the potholes. Luckily there had been no rain, so there was no mud. Megan learnt to drive one here, no mean feat! We visited hills, caves and more temples, an awesome day. Rural Cambodia rules!
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I think that's more of a Clark rock. Wicked!
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