All about Battambang, Cambodia /category/battambang/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:06:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 41177183 Phnom Sampeou and Phnom Banan — Battambang’s Tale of Two Hills /battambang/battambang-phnom-sampeou-phnom-banan/ /battambang/battambang-phnom-sampeou-phnom-banan/#respond Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:04:39 +0000 /?p=911714 Battambang’s main tourist attraction doesn’t feel like it is resting during the pandemic. At least, the poor souls toiling away in front of Phnom Sampeou’s famous bat cave certainly ain’t resting. They’re busy chiseling a giant Buddha into the exposed … Continue reading →

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]]> /battambang/battambang-phnom-sampeou-phnom-banan/feed/ 0 911714 Battambang’s under-visited gems (including dinosaurs) /battambang/battambangs-undervisited-gems-including-dinosaurs/ /battambang/battambangs-undervisited-gems-including-dinosaurs/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2021 11:36:18 +0000 /?p=911335 Wondering why you should visit Battambang? Since the 11th century, Battambang has been an important city in what is now northwestern Cambodia. For at its founding, the power of the kings of Angkor extended much further to the north and … Continue reading →

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]]> /battambang/battambangs-undervisited-gems-including-dinosaurs/feed/ 1 911335 How to get from Siem Reap to Battambang (and vice-versa) /transportation/how-to-get-from-siem-reap-to-battambang-and-vice-versa/ /transportation/how-to-get-from-siem-reap-to-battambang-and-vice-versa/#comments Wed, 05 Feb 2020 07:03:27 +0000 /?p=9361 Battambang and Siem Reap are two of the nicest spots that Northwestern Cambodia has to offer, and each is worth visiting. Battambang and Siem Reap are only 48 miles (77 km) apart, but the trip can take as long as … Continue reading →

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]]> /transportation/how-to-get-from-siem-reap-to-battambang-and-vice-versa/feed/ 43 9361 A guide to Battambang’s art galleries /art-culture/a-guide-to-battambangs-art-galleries/ /art-culture/a-guide-to-battambangs-art-galleries/#respond Thu, 20 Jun 2019 12:27:11 +0000 /?p=10172 In the last decade Battambang has experienced something of an artist revival, in no small part thanks to Phare Ponleu Selpak, an non-profit organization there that provides hundreds of students with arts training and education. Explore the town’s art scene … Continue reading →

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]]> /art-culture/a-guide-to-battambangs-art-galleries/feed/ 0 10172 Battambang’s best vegetarian and vegan restaurants /battambang/battambangs-best-vegetarian-restaurants/ /battambang/battambangs-best-vegetarian-restaurants/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2019 09:01:48 +0000 /?p=840439 The hardest thing about being a vegetarian in Cambodia is fielding the question “How do you do it? It must be so hard!” every day. Thankfully, it’s not hard at all to be a vegetarian in Battambang, and almost every … Continue reading →

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