Thursday, August 27, we did the remaining Battambang sights: bamboo train, alligator farm and circus performance, We took the bamboo train for a 40 minute round trip ride. The bamboo train consists of a bamboo platforn that rests on two rail axles with wheels. One can easily take the platform off to disassemble the train on the spot. It's a goofy trip. Of course, at the far end we were sold all kinds of stuff by a woman and her clever young daughters. Among others they sold us crickets folded from blades of grass.
Thereafter, we went to an alligator farm. It's a farm and thus not the most pleasant place. There is a market for baby alligators, alligator skin and alligator meat. It takes 30 years to raise and alligator. Even after that it only fetches USD 600. We enjoyed walking around looking at them from above. The lady that worked there was an orphan with two young daughters and a dream to become the first female Tuk Tuk driver in town. At $20 per month while fighting alcoholism and loneliness she faces a tough challenge to save money to buy one. She worked at the farm to practice English. She like many people here were delighted to hear that the boys were Cambodian born.
At night, there was a circus performed by students of Pharos, a twenty year old charity that uses art to inspire and train disadvantaged kids. They do visual arts, music and circus. I took pictures of the circus, it was too dark to take pictures of the paintings and sculptures. But great show by young kids. The adult show tours the world.
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