Hop on Cambodia's famed 'bamboo train' before it sputters into the sunset

[geovalin]

The top tourist attractions in Cambodia are a delightfully mixed bag: pristine beaches, ornate temples, archaeological ruins, floating fishing villages, stunning national parks, sobering genocide memorials and at least one haunted abandoned hotel. There’s truly something for everything in the “Kingdom of Wonder.”

 

In Battambang, a laid-back city in the northwest of the country alongside the Sangkae River that serves as the capital of Battambang Province, visitors have long flocked to a curious mode of transportation that’s rickety, rudimentary and, for a long time, lacked brakes.

 

All aboard the norry or, as it's more commonly called, the bamboo train. The days are limited for the small remaining section of Cambodia’s beloved and once-expansive network of norries as the country lurches forward with a scheme to revamp its antiquated national rail system.

 

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[Jip99]

A delightful experience.

 

Health and safety was bound to catch up with it eventually.

 

Two sets of wheels, a bamboo board and a lawnmower engine on a rickety single track. When two 'vehicles' meet from opposite directions the one with fewer passengers has to get of and dismantle - a one minute exercise!

 

Great fun.