Goodbye Cambodia

Battambang is Cambodia's second largest town and at this time of year hardly has any tourists. There's not that much to do so the first day was spent learning how to cook some Khmer dishes. There were 6 of us in cooking class and we started the day by going to the local market to get all our ingredients, then spent the next 4 hrs cooking and eating our three recipes. Great fun!

The next day we went on a tour with Mo and his brother in law to see some of the countryside. Saw a cave where the Khmer Rouge killed 10,000 people by throwing them through the opening in the top. The bones were still at the bottom. We were walking by the remains of someone's son, someone's mother. These bones belonged to doctors, lawyers, teachers - anyone who had any sort of education was murdered. So sad.

We went to see a few Wats and went on a bamboo train - basically a bamboo board on the track. Mo took us back to meet his wife and 3 month old baby (see photo) - they were so poor. We took the family's photo and promised to send them a copy when we got home.

Battambang was a good stop to see some of the 'real' Cambodia, away from the tourist centers. Goodbye Cambodia!