Lesson #2. (Bat-tam-bong). Well - didn't we take a amazing little journey today?! There are a few ways to get to Battambang. Drive (takes forever), Speed boat (for grey haired tourists) or the boat that transports goods and locals. Naturally, we opted for the slow boat to Battambang from Siem Reap. A 5-12 hour (yes, they said 5-12 hours) journey depending on water levels, breakdowns and how many stops they need to make. The locals use the same boat as a taxi service from one village to the next which are all true floating villages.
Living on the water all year round, everything truly happens in boats. We departed at 7am and began in Lake Tonle Sap to get to a set of waterways that lead up river to the West- sometimes squeezing through narrow waterways and passing through protected wetlands. You see littke kids boating around instead of riding bikes, swimming off their porches and chicken coops and pigs kept in houses because there is no yard.
