We took a shared taxi from Battambang to Sisophon, and another shared taxi from Sisophon to Banteay Chhmar. Total cost for the two of us was $20, and the entire trip took about 4 hours, including a 1-hour wait in Sisophon while the taxi filled with three more people and various packages. While we were waiting the […]
Month: February 2020
Battambang: February 16th-20th
A three hour journey by private car brought us to the relatively small town of Battambang. This town is a little tattered but charming with its small cafes, temple sites, bat caves, and the best known circus in Cambodia (the amazing Phare Ponleu Selpak). We managed to see most of the major sites with the exception of […]
Siem Reap: February 5th-15th.
We took a private car from Sra Em to Siem Reap which took about 4 hours arriving at the Eureka Villas owned by a pleasant man from Australia known as Trevor. We were very grateful that this place had all the comforts of home because Denise developed a moderate respiratory infection. She had access to all […]
Sra Em: February 3-4, 2020
We took a private car ($100) from BeTreed to Sra Em, which is the closest town to the Prasat Preah Vihear temple. This temple sits very near the Thai border and has a long history of conflict between the Cambodians and Thais, most recently in 2011. It is a Hindu temple built between around 900 to 1150, […]
BeTreed Adventures: February 1-2, 2020
We took a private car from Kampong Thom to a place called BeTreed Adventures, near Ta Seng ($80, with a stop off at Bakan Temple). It’s run by an American (Ben Davis) and his Australian wife (Sharyn), and their two daughters. For details on BeTreed see their web site at https://betreed.com. Suffice to say that it is well off […]
