Battanbang

Not much to do here, used to be Cambodia’s 2nd largest city, it’s far to say it is on a downfall.
The locals spray the roads with water to keep the dust stuck to the roads, my hair became very brittle due to it being very dusty.
We visited The Bamboo Train and rode on it, there is only one track so if someone’s coming the opposite way whoever’s got less passengers has to take off the train from the tracks and reassemble it after they have passed. We visited a mountain which history is very sombre, and very present, the Vietnamese had used it as an “death mountain” in fact our tour guides mother died due to starvation there. A cave at the peak of the mountain used to be filled with dead bodies.
The most exciting thing was the “bat cave”
at approximately 6.25pm (sunset) an estimated 6million bats flew out to get breakfast (insect and mosquitoes).Read more