South-East Asia Kitetour 2001
First release March 18 2001 |
C A M B O D I A
From
Bangkok to Battambang
khmer word for 'kite' is ~ khlè'ng We took a bus from BKK to the cambodian border at
Poipet, and we were there within 5 hours. Then it took one hour for to get exit stamp,
cambodian visa, donation for the police-families-fund, entry stamp and another hour for to
find a truck heading to battambang. Road conditions are really bad, but we were told that
the battambang-route is much better than the way to Siem-Reap, and we proofed it as truth,
sitting 4,5 hrs on the board of a truck :) >drachen< auf Khmer heisst ~khlè'ng Von Bangkok gings weiter zur kambodianischen Grenze bei Poipet -
eine schnelle Busfahrt von 5 Stunden. Danach eine Stunde für
den Ausreisestempel, das kambodianische Visum, eine kleine "Spende",
Einreisestempel und eine weitere Stunde um Plätze auf einem Truck
nach Battambang zu finden. Die Strassen hier sind oft in wirklich
schlechtem Zustand, und die direkte Route Richtung Angkhor gilt allgemein
als eine Vorstufe zur Hölle. Tipp, im Internet gefunden: Umweg
über Battambang mit "guter" Straße, dann von
dort per Boot weiter. Proof: stimmt! Guter Rat. :) |
A whirlwind on the road. |
Guide in Siem Reap |
Flying on Wat Banan hill. Fliegen auf "Wat Banan".
|
Siem-Reap
and Angkor One of the best standard-journeys you can travel im Cambod is the daily boat from Battambang to Siem-Reap. The ride is about 5 hrs through a small river and through many small villages, and absolutely free of dust and bumps and car-accidents. In Siem-Reap we checked a hotel, went to the market and rented a moto for to meet the sunset at Angkor-Wat. Unfortunately we werea little shocked. All we knew about this famos historic place were photos and the tales of friends who had been there several years before ("ancient ruins in the middle of jungle, overgrown by trees, and only birds, monkeys and a few monks and soldiers - and no tourists at all") - and we found few birds, few monkeys, some monks - and thousands of tourists, AC-buses, etc. It was yet same like disneyland :( So we just checked a few places, flew the kites at Ankhor (-Watzmann) and said goodbye... (and thankyou) |
|
our favorite: Ta-Prohm |
|
|
Kiteday Angkhor - the field-crew - |
Phnom-Penh |
|
New Site! Cambodian National Exhibition Hall : |
National Exhibition Hall |
|
Krong Nguon Ly, Kitemaker in Phnom Penh.
|
streetkiting in phnom-penh or: |
Kompong-Som (Sihanoukville)
|
|
|
|
we tried to find a passage to vietnam through the mekhong-delta, but due to our narrowed time we decided to go back to phnompenh to book a "standard saigon tour" ("maybe.. that it takes a week to go through the delta..")
|
other Cambodia and Khmer Links