On assignment is Battam Bang...

12/26/11

I flew from Pleiku to Saigon then got a taxi to the bus station, met with Nick and started the 5 hr ride to Phnom Penh Cambodia. Once in PP we met up with a friend of Nicks who runs one of the local expat rags and hung out with him for the evening. 

The next day we boarded another bus and made the 6 hr trip to Battom Bang.  BB is the third largest city in Cambodia.   Once the capital of the Khmer Kingdom this sleepy town is quiet, relatively untouristed and easily accessible to travelers.  

I felt fortunate to be able to return to Cambodia so soon, and even more fortunate because I was able to get Sophera to agree to meet us in BB and help out with the logistics and interpretation.

Here are a few images from the project:

The proverbial market.  Every town has one.

Mmmm.....Chicken.

Local Street Vendor

Park Maintenance

Colonial Architecture

Night street scene.

Impressions of the River

School girl crossing over the river on a covered bridge.

The Bamboo train.

Brick oven interior

Nick works the angles

Buddha

Perspective

Temple View

Monk

Ancient Temple

Millions of Fruit Batts come out of a cave each night

In the end the project went well, we made the trip back from BB to PP and PP to Saigon in time for New years Eve.

Next time... New years in Saigon.