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We opted for a riverrun towards Siem Reap from Battambang instead of a 2 day bikeride to, according to lonely planet, the not really worthwile town of sisophon. The boat itself is a simple wooden bark on steroids, aka you drop a big 6cyl Hyundai diesel thundering loudly in the back of a wooden dingly, with lots of people & luggage on the roof...lots of creaking & cracking on the ride that seemed to trouble Line a bit at certain moments ;-)
Anyway, It proved to be a nice boattrip with some nice views, but! It lasted a bit too long (+8h!), we only had 1 mech failure (old fishnet in the prop), a coupe of miss turns hitting the riverbanks, 1 landing on a shallow patch (causing antoher boat to strand aswell), 1 fishermen got bounced off his really mall boat by our wake & the boatguys make a rip-off riverdiner lunch stop. We brought lunch. Suckahs! (2 months on the rd we learned a few tricks as well). Rest of the time got filled up reading our books.
Biked the small 12km from the quay to Siem Reap town, found a guesthouse for the night & went out for dinner. The part of town we saw today (Pub Str) seems like the Cambodian version of Khao San Rd in Bangkok, albeit its a lot quiter & has a much more relaxed vibe to
the whole area making it better if you ask us. It has a certain charm, but it is still mostly ment to part you from your dollars. Tuktuk galore, touting for restaurants,...I actually had a dimsum cart guy trying to sell me a dimsum at 4x the price the cambodian paid just before me...Fine, in that case you can keep your fr**kin dimsum.
Didn't try the sign along the road that advertised "Unique experience, if our fish can't make you happy you don't pay" We will be here 3/4 nights so we have enough time to play with the idea...;-)
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We opted for a riverrun towards Siem Reap from Battambang instead of a 2 day bikeride to, according to lonely planet, the not really worthwile town of sisophon. The boat itself is a simple wooden bark on steroids, aka you drop a big 6cyl Hyundai diesel thundering loudly in the back of a wooden dingly, with lots of people & luggage on the roof...lots of creaking & cracking on the ride that seemed to trouble Line a bit at certain moments ;-)Anyway, It proved to be a nice boattrip with some nice views, but! It lasted a bit too long (+8h!), we only had 1 mech failure (old fishnet in the prop), a coupe of miss turns hitting the riverbanks, 1 landing on a shallow patch (causing antoher boat to strand aswell), 1 fishermen got bounced off his really mall boat by our wake & the boatguys make a rip-off riverdiner lunch stop. We brought lunch. Suckahs! (2 months on the rd we learned a few tricks as well). Rest of the time got filled up reading our books.Biked the small 12km from the quay to Siem Reap town, found a guesthouse for the night & went out for dinner. The part of town we saw today (Pub Str) seems like the Cambodian version of Khao San Rd in Bangkok, albeit its a lot quiter & has a much more relaxed vibe to
the whole area making it better if you ask us. It has a certain charm, but it is still mostly ment to part you from your dollars. Tuktuk galore, touting for restaurants,...I actually had a dimsum cart guy trying to sell me a dimsum at 4x the price the cambodian paid just before me...Fine, in that case you can keep your fr**kin dimsum.Didn't try the sign along the road that advertised "Unique experience, if our fish can't make you happy you don't pay" We will be here 3/4 nights so we have enough time to play with the idea...;-)
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