We only stayed two days in the lovely Battambang, but it was the most we have ever packed into such a brief visit. With lack of a better plan we agreed for our tuk tuk driver to take us all around the nearby villages as soon as we got off the bus, and learnt how to make rice paper, rice noodles, bean sprouts and roasted water snakes. We also visited a temple and the infamous bamboo railway, which is a local method of getting stuff around. Basically its some train tracks, where you put on some wheels, a bit of bamboo to sit on and an engine and off you go. It goes pretty fast, and is slightly scary when you encounter something coming the other way. On the second day we took a Khmer cookery class. We were the only ones so it was a one-to-one session where we made three dishes from scratch. We are now awesome at making SE Asia dishes, so make the most of our skills when you next see us! In the afternoon we visited the killing caves and another temple, and in the evening we watched a circus performance at the local art school.
