City and Village Life of Batttambang, Cambodia
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Local visitors arrived by the truckload for the dedication of the newly blessed Buddha statues.Read more about our day on a motorbike around Battambang, Cambodia.
Several monks lead the way uphill to bless the new statues at Phnom Sampeau.Read more about our day on a motorbike around Battambang, Cambodia.
The mother of these two kids smiles proudly in the background as Audrey photographs two of her three children. Read more about our day on a motorbike around Battambang, Cambodia.
Dan takes a moment to re-hydrate after making the steep 359-step climb to the top of Banan temple.As Cambodia's dry season advances, it gets hot, hot, hot. Whether you are temple-hopping or tooling around cities, frequent stops for re-hydration are an absolute necessity.Read more about our day on a motorbike around Battambang, Cambodia.
Wat Banan has an Angkor-like feel to it. But it was smaller, older, and virtually tourist-less. Read more about our day on a motorbike around Battambang, Cambodia.
Dan takes in the view from the top of Wat Banan.During the dry season, the flatlands of Northwestern Cambodia look and feel almost desert-like. Read more about our day on a motorbike around Battambang, Cambodia.
The Plumeria tree at the top of Wat Banan artistically sheds its flowers on the stairs below.Read more about our day on a motorbike around Battambang, Cambodia.
At a bend in the river, across the road from the cow lived a family who waved us down on our motorbikes.Read more about our day on a motorbike around Battambang, Cambodia.
A riverside pause during our motorbike day outside Battambang afforded us a visit with this lovely bovine specimen.Read more about our day on a motorbike around Battambang, Cambodia.
Random fact, #29 on our countryside tour around Battambang:Fruit bats call this tree at a local temple their home. The monks who live there must work hard to protect them, however, since the local villagers have taken a liking to bat meat. Apparently, it tastes better than chicken (not just *like* chicken, but *better* than chicken). Makes sense, since the bats feast on fruit (papaya's their favorite) all day long.Read more about our day on a motorbike around Battambang, Cambodia.
During our dry season tour of the Battambang countryside on motorbikes, a miracle happened - it rained! The dry and muted landscape became electric, giant puddles of water formed everywhere and the kids went nuts. These kids were really having a great time sliding up and down this muddy hill.Read more about our day on a motorbike around Battambang, Cambodia.
Perhaps we could have, as a friend suggested, entitled this Bruised Bottoms in Battambang.We ended our day on motorbikes with a ride on the infamous bamboo train. The real passenger train passes only once a day to Phnom Penh, so the locals have devised an ingenious way to use the tracks for transporting goods and people between villages.When we requested our ride, the conductors assembled the bamboo rods on a platform, attached the platform to the wheels, mounted and fired up the belt-driven engine and off we went!The railroad tracks were built by the French, and probably haven't been repaired since they departed. So, the ride was a bit rough on the tush.Read more about our day on a motorbike around Battambang, Cambodia.
