Bamboo Train

Trip on the Bamboo Train near Battambang, Cambodia, with Jamie, Ellie, Kaz n Rich.
Music - Long Train Runnin' by The Doobie Brothers (Sure is Pure 12" Mix (edit))

People in North Western Cambodia have set up their own rail service with their own vehicles, affectionately known as norries, made using bamboo. Paul Pots Khymer Rouge destroyed much of the train networks in their brutal attempts to bring civilization back to Year Zero. The combined effects of slave labor, malnutrition, poor medical care, and executions resulted in the deaths of an estimated 1.7 to 2.5 million people, approximately 21% of the Cambodian population. (Yale)

Richard Edkins & Karen Bristoll traveled overland from Birmingham to Beijing and Back on public transport - trains, bus, boats and this makeshift train the norry in Cambodia.

More Info, films and photography at: www.environments.org.uk

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• Train
• Bamboo
• Cambodia
• Battambang
• Doobie
• Brothers

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[o515cambo]

@hmcgirr yes have fun

[hmcgirr]

great video, I'll be there in the summer, is it still running?

[1989Jacq]

great video !!! a lot of energy LOL

[tys73er]

hahaha...this is just too funny, can't stop laughing!

[dakhmerheart]

LOL oh my god i love your video, i haven't laughed this hard for awhile. This is so cool.

[Tomhammgermany]

its crazy and good music for this movie, i wish to go there also next time

[alpbabe]

AWESOME! We arrive there in a couple of weeks and this is on the top of our list. Desparate Housewives of Wengen - on tour!

[tubeyoufloyd]

can i book a trip with you guys the next time you go.....looks like fun

[concacinu]

I wanna go back home.