Team Fyl and Michelle Pictures

First up we have some pictures from our boatride to Battambang. It was a pretty ride, but a long time to sit on a bench in a boat.

It's Michelle in a boat!

It's Fyl in a boat!

There are hundreds of Cambodian villages built right along the rivers.

Floating powerlines.

A boy and his boat.

In Cambodia's floating villages, shops come to you.

We ran into another boat on a narrow section of the river.

Not the best looking house on the river.

Another river picture.

A statue in central Battambang, to remind Cambodians to always carry their buckets.

This guy is who Battambang is named after. His stick is called a battam, and "to throw" in Cambodian is bang. It all makes perfect sense.

Riding the bamboo train! The first step towards making the train is putting the wheels on the track.

Then comes the platform we ride on! If only real trains were as easy as this. Or as safe.

The track we rode on. Michelle was constantly on the look out for real trains, which would have meant a premature end to our fun ride. Oh, and death.

The bamboo train crew was a cheerful bunch.

We did run into something going the other way, but fortunately it was just another bamboo train. They de-assembled their train to let us pass.

Michelle lets the wind whip through her hair and hopes a train isn't coming the other way...

We briefly stopped to watch a Cambodian family at their homemade brick making factory.

Fyl next to a stone lion in Battambang.

Our tuk-tuk driver stops for a fill up. Gas (petrol) isn't usually bought at stations, instead locals fill up coke bottles and sell them on the side of the road.

Phnom Sampuau, a temple built on a mountain that we would later climb.

Lime taken from stones on the mountain. The locals eat it, but it turns their teeth black.

One of three killing caves. During the Khmer Rouge 30 years ago, thousands of Cambodians were bludgeoned to death and tossed into this cave.

The skulls and bones of some of the victims of the Khmer Rouge.

A gentle giant, standing next to a big Buddah statue.

That wacky Michelle again, with some of her Buddah pals.

Michelle takes a break of mountain climbing and tries a hammock for the first time.

Huge Russian and German guns were left on the mountain from wars past.

View from the top of the hill.

The temple on the top of Phnom Sampuau.

Another temple photo.

A cool looking bird-man statue.

Another amazing view of Cambodia from the top of a mountain.

Everyone loves the temples.

Michelle at the bottom of the stairs up to Wat Banan, built over 1000 years ago.

The crumbling towers of Wat Banan. Worth the 350 steps to the top? Perhaps.

Look closely, its lots of fruit bats. And also the last picture.