I Believe I Can Fly
May 20th, 2008 by Jinja
The descent down Phnom Sampow is very steep, and though I’ve been up it before, the speed at which our guides steered their motos down almost made me we were gonna take to the skies. (Not that I wanted to.) Fortunately this was not the case and we all arrived safely at the base of the mountain, just in time for some other creatures to take wing.
Tens of thousands of bats live in a cavern at the base of the mountain, and stream out at twilight. It’s an astonishing sight, a never ending stream accompanied by high-pitched squeaks.
Want to see more? Click for a very brief cameraphone video.
We were not looking forward to a bumpy ride back into town (in the dark, no less) and were lucky enough to garner a lift with a fellow tourist who had a 4 wheel drive! We gleefully paid off our tuk-tuk and headed back into town for some Khmer food with ginger palm wine as apertif.
Tags: cambodia,khmer,battambang,tourism,bats
