Battambang tour

Battambang’s bamboo train Known locally as the norry, (or nori), the famous Bamboo Train is probably still Battambang’s best-known attraction and, after all these years, is still going strong. It’s been threatened with closure on several occasions, rerouted to avoid a new city bypass, put on hold while new track was lain and survived competition from a purpose-built, (and rather…

A small selection of some of our favourite photos from January’s Cambodia Overland Tour – mainly taken by Chet, Dan and Mark but many thanks to anyone else who contributed. Some of our group had begun the trip in Saigon with a Mekong Delta tour and journey upriver to Phnom Penh – Tim had kicked off his trip in Laos…

A few images of some of the hard-working women in Phsa Prahok, Battambang’s fish market, taken over the course of several recent visits, To point out that topping and tailing fish all day long, every day, is extremely laborious, dirty and tiring would be rather stating the obvious and certainly a very tough way of earning a living. We can…

A new addition to our Cambodia itinerary, this half-day tour to discover some of the local cottage industries in one of the villages outside of Battambang has proved very popular.  Also very practical since it can just as easily be done by bicycle or by tuk-tuk for the less energetic and the 3 or 4 hour round tour then leaves…

Traditionally the kingdom’s 2nd largest city, the western town of Battambang Cambodia has surely been overtaken by now by booming Siem Reap and although still relatively prosperous from the Province’s fine farming land, (indeed it’s sometimes known as ‘Cambodia’s rice bowl’), it has, so far, been largely bypassed by the country’s tourism boom. Well, until recently that is, and these…