We were in Battambang for two days. Although I can’t say that we did anything noteworthy, I still had a great time. Most of our time there was either walking around the city or going out to eat. Our first night after we dropped off our backpacks we headed to the riverfront to get dinner. The city itself isn’t very touristy, but they appear to be trying to cater to white people. There are a lot of cafes and an okay night market, but the crowds are small which makes it easy to move around. With the lack of tourists dinner went very fast, we sat down and in five minutes we were eating.

Our second day we walked around the city and bought our bus tickets to Phnom Phenn for the next day. Battambang is nice, but there just wasn’t a lot of things to do so I think two nights is about right. We did kind of ‘Western out’ for dinner though. Instead of taking the more traditional route and getting something Cambodian to eat, we decided that it was just time for pizza. Sometimes western food is just a requirement. :)

We left at 8 in the morning for the bus station and pulled into the capital at about 3. So far Phnom Phenn seems better than it did the last time I was here. I think the single most important fact that makes me feel different about the city is that I’m traveling with Sofiya. I think that she is making all the difference. It’s going to be difficult to see her leave when she heads to Thailand in a couple of weeks.