Blog Day 2 – Takeo – Kampong Speu
Today we set off at a slightly later time of 6.00am. The first stretch of our journey started on a tarmac road which we were all fairly relieved about as there were a few aching muscles amongst the group. After 21km we stopped at a small village to get some supplies, it was at this point I realised we were getting deeper into the Cambodian countryside. The locals gathered round to welcome our group and seemed fascinated by us. The next part of our journey led us down a gravel track, which looked like it had been prepped ready to one day lay tarmac. As we started to cycle down the road it...
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On the beginning of day two, there was a general feeling of exhaustion and aching muscles throughout the team, but the cycle must continue! We began our first 20km of the cycle travelling down one road, passing all the local children cycling on their way to school. Continuing down this road, we were then cycling with rice fields for miles either side of us and the mountains in the horizon. A truly spectacular site, distracting me from my aching limbs. We also were fortunate in today’s cycle as we experienced some light rain, cooling us down on a particularly hard road. Although I began...
Read MoreBlog Day 1 Kep – Takeo
Today was the first day of the cycle, which went surprisingly well until I finally got off my bike, when my body felt the distance of 91 km we’d cycled. We left from the seaside town of Kep at 6.30am and cycled along the seafront as the sun rose. As we made our first stop in a local village it became apparent that we were a rare sight for the locals – tourists in tight fitting lycra. The majority of the day was spent cycling on a dirt track which went through small villages, in which we were met by the villagers waving and greeting us. During moments of fatigue this spurred me on as the...
Read MoreCycling: Day 1
Today will start with a shout out to Mr Owen Kent. Owen you are a gentleman, the generous loaner of bike shoes and clips, and in no small part have contributed to today’s finest moments of pace setting, as well as todays lowest moments (both figuratively and literally) – my two comically slow motion collisions with the ground. The first of these occurred before we’d even set off! I’m pleased to say that these experiences appear to have been part of a learning process and I am now quite understanding of the importance of unclipping my shoes from the pedals before...
Read MoreDay 1 Kep – Takeo
The only street lighting in Kep – a small cove like resort town which is our starting point for the 500km bike ride – is along the main strip which gives host to a fish market, some very small fishing boats and around twenty identical restaurants lining the beachfront. A lack of street lighting is common in Cambodia but the speed at which day turns to night and plunges the surroundings in to darkness never fails to surprise. It’s as though someone has suddenly dropped a heavy drape across the sun to put it to bed as day time’s old partner in crime takes its place. Unfortunately for us...
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