Battambang located in NW Cambodia, is about 5 hours from Phnom Penh.  It is the second most populated city in the Kingdom.  The town is full of French Colonial architecture.  A large percent of the population in the province arrived there as a result of trying to flee into Thailand during the Khmer Rouge and resettlement once the country was again stable. This province was heavily mined as well. Though not the prime tourist destination in the country, tourist are rewarded with a large variety of sites to be seen.

BATTAMBANG

BATTAMBANG FRENCH COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE

A LARGE STATUE AWAITS ARRIVALS FROM PHNOM PENH  SOUTH OF BATTAMBANG A WAT WITH BUDDHIST FOLKLORE

DURING A TROPICAL DOWNPOUR CHILDREN PLAY IN A LOCAL FOUNTAIN

A VARIETY OF SCARECROWS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

COVERED BRIDGES ALONG THE ROAD TO EK PHNOM TEMPLE ABOUT 13K NORTH OF TOWN

ALONG THE ROAD TO EK PHNOM RICE FLOUR DRYING IN THE SUN

           WASHING CLOTHES IN THE STREAM ON THE WAY TO EK PHNOM

EK PHNOM TEMPLE

EK PHNOM TEMPLE AND A CARETAKER OF THE GROUNDS

BANAN TEMPLE TO THE SOUTH OF TOWN

CMAC CLEARED MINE FIELD MARKER NOTE HOW THICK THE JUNGLE IS

FAMILY LIVING IN A MINE FIELD

PHNOM SAMPAUV ON THE ROAD TO PAILIN  SANCTUARY ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN THAT WAS ONCE A KILLING FIELD

IN THE HEART OF THE MOUNTAIN WHERE VICTIMS WERE TOSSED

A TRIBUTE TO THE PEOPLE WHO DIED AT THE HAND OF THE KHMER ROUGE

SANCTUARY ON TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN

THREE PRE ANGKORIAN PRASATS AT SNENG WEST OF BATTAMBANG

CENTER PRASAT AT SNENG

11TH CENTURY PRASAT ON THE MAIN ROAD TO PAILIN MARKING THE TEMPLE AT SNENG

VENDOR PASSING THE TIME WAITING FOR YOU TO ARRIVE AT EK PHNOM

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