Boat to Battambang

Bus at 0630 for the 7am boat that finally left at about 7:30. Described as a 5-8 hour trip, depending on water level and other things. In the event, it depended on the driver getting around the bends which didn't always happen. Hit the odd boat, fishing apparatus, you name it!

But a fascinating trip. About 2 hours across the lake, then past floating villages, stopping at one for a lunch break. Then suddenly the river was choked with weed (pic) and it took a bit of forward and back to get through. Then lots of families living on boats (pic). The waterway was mostly through flooded scrub as you can see, but slowly land arose, first a few marshes, then some rice fields, then real fields, until the banks were a few metres high at the end. Not sure how long the crow flew, but it was a lot further by boat!