
Bamboo train boosts incomes
More than 20 kilometres from Battambang city, the bamboo train starts near the base of Banan mountain, on which sits an Angkorian temple, before ending four kilometres down the line in Chhoeuteal commune.
More than 20 kilometres from Battambang city, the bamboo train starts near the base of Banan mountain, on which sits an Angkorian temple, before ending four kilometres down the line in Chhoeuteal commune.
A European tourist was slightly injured while riding the bamboo train.
A part of the new bamboo railway in Battambang is blocked over of a dispute.
Theach Chum used to love his work, giving rides to tourists on the famous bamboo train.
They were first invented as part of a homegrown, unofficial transport system to make use of the country’s abandoned colonial-era train tracks but later morphed into a popular tourist attraction.
A new track for nori, known as the bamboo train, to be built in Battambang province to keep alive a traditional tourist attraction.