On the way to Battambang

Today’s journey was from Phnom Penh to Battambang, 290km on the road. In between we stopped at Kampong Loung, the former capital Oudong before Phnom Penh. It’s now a Goldsmith Village.
Next stop at Kampong Chnang. Before we entered the ferry to get to other side we had bamboo rice from one of the local female traders. On the other side we reached the Kampong Leng peninsula. A Tuk Tuk picked us up and we explored the island. We watched ladies weaving mats and baskets. We had lunch under the sky at a very basic restaurant and finally visited a pre-Angkorian sanctuary tower of the 7th century, called the „the Women’s tower“.

After heading back to the other side of the island, we did head to Battambang. Here we had a really nice kind of Boutique Hotel.

In the evening we met a friend of Junita from Milton Keynes. Lorraine and her husband are traveling for 1 year across South East Asia. So we had a nice walk along Sangker River and talked about traveling during Covid times.Read more