STOP 1: MEMORIAL SITE
This is the keep going stop on the half-day "Standard Livelihoods" visit. Here, you'll get some answers concerning the shocks of the Pol Pot organization, and how the aftermath impacts propelled Cambodian society. The devotion is stacked with the bones and skulls of the Khmer Rogue's setbacks, set as a persevering show of the catastrophes which should never happen again.
STOP 2: BAMBOO RICE CAKE
On our way towards the whole visit, we will stop at a bamboo rice cake outlet, and endeavor this area delicacy together. Before we settle down to eat, your helper will delay for a moment to talk about the profitable trade of these cakes, and pass a few secrets of its standard recipe for you to carry home with you.
STOP 3: FIHS PASTE MAKING
After our break, we'll skip on the bikes again and advance towards the adjacent fish paste market. The fragrance can be to some degree overwhelming to western visitors, in any case we're sure you'll find the quit hypnotizing regardless. As you watch the methodology around fish paste making, you'll get some answers concerning the calculating society of the area, the bewildering degree of the gathering that depend on upon the sea for sustenance.
STOP 4: KHMER NOODLE
Here, you'll get some answers concerning another crucial staple in the farmland's base. This stop is inclined to be a particularly intriguing information, as most western explorers have never seen a manual pounder. In case we arrive on timetable, you'll have the chance to have a go at beating yourself. The noodle makers are always energetic to allow our customers to have an endeavor, as it offers them a respite from work and in addition gives a clever presentation!
STOP 5: RICE PAPER MAKING
This point in our visit will bring us into Donteav town, which lies around 7km from the point of convergence of Battambang. This settlement has wound up acclaimed during the time for its inquisitive hand made things including rice paper. While by far most of us have endeavored possibly two or three dishes made with rice paper, the overall public of Donteav occasionally go a day without it, combining it into numerous unmistakable close-by meals, breaking down it into multifaceted and incredible arrangements.
STOP 6: RICE WINE
Next we'll cycle to the adjacent rice wine refinery, which is sure to demonstrate to you an extensive measure about Battambang's social norms. Rice wine is seen as a standard picture of the field all over Cambodia, and is used for social delight and in addition an exhaustive cure to various general ailments. We'll accept somewhere in the range of an open door to watch parts of the refining method, and a while later you'll have the opportunity to endeavor or buy some rice wine yourself.
STOP 7: DRIED BANANA
At this stop, we'll get some answers concerning the area regular natural item's place in common Cambodian society. We'll have the ability to chat with a woman who has lived in the reach her entire life, and has been making dried banana for more than a quarter century. She is continually peppy to show us about the ordinary strategies around making her thing, and how her part in the area market has given a business to her and her family.
STOP 8: LOCAL LUNCH
Consequent to cycling between all the past stops, we'll settle in the shade of the Wat Kor out of date house, and value a delightful close-by lunch with in like manner neighborhood coconut water. We'll take as much time as is required here, loosening up in the lofts and going by about all we've seen and done. Your assistant will be happy to answer any further request you may have.
STOP 9: WAT KOR ANCIENT HOUSE
This beautiful piece of old Cambodian outline measures 28 meters in length and 11.5 meters in width, and was implicit the mind boggling commonplace pet style, which joins verandahs at the front and sides. The housetop is secured with unique Naga-scale framed tiles, with no inner rooftops, and the upper part of the roof is decorated with exquisite innovative beautifications. A noteworthy part of the house is made with Phcherk wood, an area and amazingly solid resource, close to the floorboards which are made of Kakoh, and a segment of the dividers which are made of woven bamboo and mortar. As you walk around this obsolete structure, you're sure to be flabbergasted at to what degree the ordinary building measures have continued onward.
STOP 10: BAMBOO TRAIN
Battambang, similarly as other distinctive territories in Cambodia, was an area under the French space some place around 1863 and 1953. There are still mixed points of view over how incredible this was for the country general, however most agree with the new developments western occupation gained. Right when the French colonized the country, railroads were set up to interface nation region like Battambang with critical urban groups and towns. After the Khmer Rouge organization fell, various domains of Cambodia were fiscally frantic, and Bamboo trains had key impact in the transportation of items in the midst of the period multiplication.
Schedule
- Duration: Fullday. For 7 hours
- Departure: Pick up at your hotel
- Returning point: The same as departure
Include
- Tuk Tuk Pick up
- Bamboo train ticket
- Snacks
- Water
- Local lunch & cooking class
- Cold towels
Exclude
- Tips
- Other personal expenses
