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I've not been to Battambang, so can't call on personal experience. I looked on the net, and two places pop up.

Phanom or Wat Banan is some 25k from B and described by Stuart here another site has pics of value . Elsewhere, the directions state " It is located on the top of approximate 400-meter heighten mountain at Kon Tey 2 commune, Ba Nan District . At the mountain’s valley, there are the pond Ku Teuk and two main natural wells, namely: Bit Meas and Chhung or Chhung Achey."

As far as I can tell, and as it is elsewhere located south-west of B, you take route 154 (or 155 from B). Go look at this site and open 'interactive map' and zoom

Phnom or Wat Sampeau, this is along route 57. And, described at the TF site for B. This isn't elsewhere called the alternate Angkor Wat.

Cheers

So, somtam2000 isn't necessarily Stuart!

Never did suspect that.

You wrote ...

Bruce, I know Stuart has been to Battambang, but I'm pretty sure that ain't his write-up on Phnom Banan. As am sure you're aware there is quite a few people who write for TF, not just him and Samantha.

So, whoever you are, I'm aware that Stuart doesn't necessarily go to, or write up, the Travelfish place descriptions. When I wrote ...and described by Stuart here I was talking in the collective sense. In future I'll write 'described by Travelfish here..'

Cheers

Bruce, Lizzy: It's him most of the time, but over the last month or so he has tended to take sunday's off and I keep an eye on things. You can call me, ahhhh somtam2000 ;-)

He mentioned that this handle was used by a few people in that "who is somtam" thread from the re-banned twit a few weeks ago, but didn't make much of it. I think the idea is that it's a catch all handle that can be passed around if Stuart or Sam need someone else to look after things for a few days as it makes more sense than having different handles for helpers that may come and go.

It's not a big deal, was just Bruce's use of his name in the above that caught my eye.

hope that clears it up.

C'mon mr imposter, tell us something about yourself!!

Mmmm...wanting to know who sits in Stuarts chair, acts like Stuart, but...

God I always get blamed for everything. Bruce do stop fantasizing about me... it isn't going to happen. Many have tried and failed and limped off into the sunset so be warned.

Does it really matter who is sitting in Stuarts chair? Presumably Stuart gave whoever it is permission to sit there on Sundays.

And what makes you think Stuart should be stuck in his chair without even one day off a week? They abolished slavery some time ago!

It was probably one of my "crappy" maps that you are talking about and the temple is not located on my maps as my maps are only of Battambang province.

The temples I refer to are out at Banteay Chhmar, roughly 2.5 hours drive north of Battambang.

a great write up on Banteay Chhmar by Andy Brouwer here http://www.andybrouwer.co.uk/bchh.html