steadyslack
February 28, 2024
We’d come to Battambang from Siem Reap and stayed here 3 nights. We stayed in a lovely old Khmer house. Room upstairs. Wide dark polished floorboards, great atmosphere. Hard bed, no improvements after 2 toppers added! Pool area was unkempt. Mucky old cushions and battered chairs and loungers. Fallen foliage everywhere. Plenty of shade, not much sun. Went into town for dinner, about 10 minutes tuktuk ride. It’s a regional city and busy, population struggling to eke a living. Riverside nothing of note, the row of ‘old French houses’ looked almost late Victorian. Excellent breakfasts , the BEST COFFEE by miles. Fab ambience looking over the pond. Struggled with the two evening meals we had here, can’t rave about any of the tastes and flavours as it was all a trifle bland and ‘westernised’ probably to suit the clientele? I guess if you were to go to Battambang (can’t imagine why!) this place is an oasis compared to outside, but it is all relative and for a desperately poor country the hosts have done well to provide some civilisation at this location.