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Siem Reap

Siem Reap is a town situated in North West Cambodia, North of the Tonle Sap river. The town is best known for being the gateway to the ruins of Angkor, the seat of the Khmer kingdom from the 9th–15th centuries. The Angkor complex houses myriad temples of various sizes, all between various states of rune […]

Ride Day 44: Anlong Veng to Siem Reap

13 August 2016 After the rain storms of the night before, we wake up to quite a sunny morning, but still signs of the rains on the ground. After packing up and heading out from the hotel, we head to a local shop to buy a couple of cans of iced coffee, then to the […]

Ride Day 43: Sisophon to Anlong Veng

12 August 2016 We wake up relatively early as it’s a potentially big days ride, and we have no idea what the roads are going to be like since we are now heading a bit off the beaten track on the way to Anlong Veng. As a wake up drink, we still have in the […]

Ride day 42: Battambang to Sisophon

11 August 2016 We both woke from a very broken nights sleep. The heat alone was keeping us awake, with only a ceiling fan in the room to cool us down. The flip side of this being that, when the fan was on fast enough to cool us down, the noise was too loud to […]

Ride day 41: Pursat to Battambang

9 August 2016 Waking up from a broken nights sleep to stale fag smoke is not ideal. Luckily there is breakfast and some pool time to look forward to. As we head down to the buffet breakfast we are sadly once again disappointed by a very weak series of breakfast options. The fruit was as […]

Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh is the vibrant capital of Cambodia and sits at the crossing of the Mekong and Tonlé Sap rivers. It was a hub for both the Khmer Empire and French colonialists which is reflected in its rich and mixed architecture. The opulent Royal Palace, Silver Pagoda and the National Museum is situated off the large […]

Ride day 39: Sihanoukville to Phnom Penh

5 August 2016 Sihanoukville is somewhere that we both wanted to go, but felt disappointed by our experience. Perhaps the weather and the fact it was off peak season added to it; but we found the centre touristy, commercial and sleazy with all the dirty casinos and hostess bars. I’m sure the beaches and islands […]

Ride day 38: Kampot to Sihanoukville

4 August 2016 It’s hard to get up and out of the comfy bed of Kampot Manor. We finally drag ourselves up and have a nice relaxing breakfast on the balcony, followed by a quick pack up and a chat to Dave before we head off. There was a very light shower coming down as […]

Kampot

Kampot is situated in south Cambodia nearing the coast of the Gulf of Thailand, the Teuk Chhou River runs through its centre. Known for its French colonial architecture, it’s a popular tourist spot. Bokor National Park houses the misty Elephant Mountains where lies Bokor Hill Station, a 1920s French ghost town… Our Trip Kampot was […]

Ride day 36: Ha Tien to Kampot (across the border to Cambodia)

1 August 2016 We are both awake early to the loud artificial bird calls from the speaker over the roads it was a fairly disturbed nights sleep due to the late and loud karaoke from the wedding in the next street. We head out to get the bikes serviced (oil change and everything tightened, checked and oiled) […]

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