Battambang Photo Essay

View of Battambang from the rooftop of our hotel

Streets of Battambang

Wat Banan - otherwise known as "mini-Angkor Wat".  It took 359 very steep steps to get up to this temple. 

Kim shows us one of the home granaries used to store rice.  It is built from the leftover rice plant after the rice seeds have been removed, and mud mixed with cow dung.  You can see from the build date on the left that they are actually quite sturdy, especially when you realize they also have to survive the monsoon season.

A gas station outside of the city

Eggs at the Psar Nath Market.  Either they have 50 lb chickens or some of these are not chicken eggs.

Ta Dambong sits at the edge of the city

5 headed Naga.  This particular commemorative piece of artwork is built out of AK47's that were collected after the fall of the Khmer Rouge.  Blow it up to its original size to see the guns.  

Butcher at the Psar Nath Market.  No refrigeration.  Thus, animals are killed in the morning and are sold that same day or not at all.

View from Phnom Sampeau, site of the Killing Caves

During the brutal reign of the Khmer Rouge, thousands fell to their deaths when they were pushed from the top of the caves, about 20 meters (~65 feet) up.  

Groundskeeper at the bottom of the Killing Caves