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Bamboo Train
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Is part Khmer ingenuity, part Khmer necessity. It is a small transportation, like ox cart, small car…. But it has its peculiarities: it’s made from bamboo, and runs on the railway, moved by engine. It’s not only used for transporting merchandises but also people. The bamboo train reaches about 40km/h (25mph), with the track just a couple of inches below the passengers. Circus
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Yes, Battambang has got a circus. In 1992, many refugees came back home. The young orphans are now young adults, and together with their teachers they decide to do something to keep the mutual help spirit alive, the same that helped them to survive along the years in the camps in Thailand. The Phare Ponleu Selpak NGO now gives Cambodian children from poor and disabled families the opportunity to “have access to culture via different artistic activities” including music, drawing drama, dancing and circus. See traditional Cambodian circus acts daily beginning at 7:00PM or 8:00PM.Wat Banon
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This nice 11th century temple provides a beautiful view over the plain. But to enjoy it, visitors have to pay the price of a 300 stairs climb. Luckily, under the shadow of big trees, and accompanied by the children of a nearby village Wat Ek Phnom
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Built in the 11th century as a Hindu temple by King Suryavarman I. It is located in Tkov village in Peam Ek commune, about 14 kilometres from Battambang town. The temple consists of prasats on a platform with some carvings in good condition, but the pagoda is modern. It has one of the most complete collections of Buddhist wall and ceiling paintings in all Cambodia. There are 18 bodhi trees around the temple. Outside the temple to the south, a moat now turned into a pond. Cooking Class
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There are so many cooking classes around Asia, but none have the special flavour of these ones. After doing shopping at the local market, go to a familial house where a very charming couple help you preparing some delicious Khmer dishes. You have a cooking lesson, marvellous time with nice people, a cooking book, a very good dinner and maybe some snake wine to drink!Grapes, Fruits & Veggies
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The only Cambodia grape plantations are here, producing wine in little quantity, that can be tasted directly at the farm or in some restaurants. Around, many other plantations giving oranges, bananas, dragon fruits, jujube, and lots of vegetables.Rice Paper
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You've certainly eaten a nem or a spring roll ... but how are these very fragile and thin rice cakes made, and what about the ingredients? The mystery is revealed in this traditional family-owned factory. Mushroom Farm
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Discover one of the main specialties of Battambang region in an authentic environment, directly in contact with the owners of the farmrme.Phtas Borann
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Old wooden house reflecting a beautiful traditional Khmer architecture. His 80 years have little altered the beauty of this house.Battambang
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Second largest city of Cambodia, Battambang is a very pleasant town, well shaped and preserved. Many colonial houses still flank Sangkor River. Wat Kdol pagoda is particularly interesting, for mixing clasical Khmer architecture with colonial flavour and unusual scultptures. Known as the Rice Bowl of Cambodia the province has a strong agricultural economy with a great production of rice, pineapple, sesame, grapefruit, oil palm and saffron. Battambang was turned into a site of torture, killings, and starvation during Khmer Rouges.
