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The Big Year Out- Live footage of the Bamboo Train Battamban

In 2013 i was in Cambodia as part of my bigger Central and SEA tour for just over a year. In Battambang I took what is fondly referred to as "The Bamboo Train", their proper name is a Norry or Nori and can get upto speeds of 50kmh. It certainly felt like it!! Norries have low fares, and are frequent and relatively fast, so they are popular despite their rudimentary design, lack of brakes, the state of the rails (often broken or warped) and the lack of any formal operating system. Its simple construction and light weight means that a norry can be easily removed from the track – if two meet on the line, the one with the lighter load is removed from the rails and carried round the other. At the end of the line the vehicle is lifted and turned.

Posted by TheJohnsons 22:27 Archived in Cambodia Tagged taxi nature landscape traditional travel vacation train ride cambodia tracks green tree province jungle way countryside rural old transport transportation track plant tourist forest holidays railway attraction asian asia bamboo tourism rail railroad vintage outdoor landmark vehicle engine outdoors fast vegetation cambodian trolley wheels motion battambang nation rundown undeveloped warped

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