Category : BUDDHISM
Let’s ride the bamboo train (again)! The Battambang bamboo train was an institution for many years. However, as Cambodia’s rail infrastructure grew the original location stopped offering rides when a train service started. A local entrepreneur set up an imitation ride on a purpose-built track elsewhere in Battambang that had more the feel of a
One of the most spiritually enlightening experiences a tourist to Cambodia can see is the donation of alms to monks. Each morning saffron robed monks leave their pagodas either singly, or in a group, to walk through towns and villages to collect donations of food. Monks are expected to walk barefoot, though in the cities
Today sees a full moon, Valentine’s Day and Meak Bochea: an important date in the Buddhist calendar. Full moon days are always revered in Buddhism and Meak Bochea commemorates the day Buddha predicted and announced the date he would attain enlightenment and enter into nirvana. Devout Buddhists will head to their local pagoda for merit
