Siem Reap to Battambang

The Sangkar River The mouth of western Cambodia’s Sangkar River lies concealed amid a maze of water-hyacinth-clogged waterways, endless reed marshes and clouds of egrets in the far northwestern corner of the vast but shallow Tonle Sap Lake. Anyone with a window seat between Bangkok and Siem Reap may have peered down on these extensive wetlands and unique ecosystems where…

Bird-life on the Sangkar River A few photos of some of the spectacular bird-life on the Sangkar River we’ve come across on recent boat trips from Siem Reap to Battambang. (Would have a lot more for you, but since it’s tricky getting sharp shots of fast-moving birds from a heavily vibrating boat, we had to delete most of them!?) The…

The Road to Battambang The road to Battambang; well, strictly speaking, by boat across the Tonle Sap and up the Sangkar River followed by a drive across country to Battambang. We usually do the whole journey from Siem Reap to Battambang by boat but water levels being low at this time of year meant that whilst we left Siem Reap…