OnEarthTravel - A wonderful directory of Travel Blog » Trains http://onearthtravel.com/blog A wonderful directory of Travel Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:51:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Slowest Train in the World in Cambodia http://onearthtravel.com/blog/travel-info/slowest-train-in-the-world-in-cambodia/ http://onearthtravel.com/blog/travel-info/slowest-train-in-the-world-in-cambodia/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:44:26 +0000 max http://onearthtravel.com/blog/travel-info/slowest-train-in-the-world-in-cambodia/ Here’s an interesting look into slow train in Cambodia. But one thing I should note is that you can ride on the roof, how cool is that?
from www.lifenomadic.com

Cambodia train roof
The train from Battambang to Phnom Penh used to run three times a week, but these days goes just once on Sunday. We took a taxi 150 km for the privilege.
When the lady changing money outside the station (who gave me an unbelievably fair rate) needed more Rial, she picked up her cell phone, and within one minute three dudes swooped in on motorbikes from separate directions and handed her huge wads of cash.
$1 is worth roughly 4000 Rial, and the biggest bill is the 10,000 note, so your pockets fill up quickly. In exchange for a guaranteed seat, foreigners are charged roughly 5x the normal rate. Even so, it was only $6.

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