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During our day out on motorbikes, a miracle happened - it rained! The kids were out immediately playing in the rain and then the mud. They really were having a great time sliding up and down this muddy hill. www.uncorneredmarket.com/2007/03/going-against-the-stats-...
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.
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.
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.
Close Encounters
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.
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.
One of the monks in the temple complex where the bat tree is located. They try to protect the bats from being hunted by local villagers.
Looking at the new Buddhist temples below from Wat Banan.
Wat Banan has an Angkor Wat look and feel to it, but on a much smaller and older scale with hardly any tourists.
