We are now finally in Cambodia ready to do a 7 day bike ride. The ride will take us from the coast to Siam Reap and the Angkor wat.
We had the great pleasure in waking up at 4.45 on the Sunday morning, at this time of the day it is pitch black here in Cambodia, the trick and the idea is to start the riding in the Sunrise when the temperature is lower and the sunlight looks at its best. After a quick joint warm up a nice dog showed up, he joined us for the photo session before take off and then he ran beside us for 8 km protecting us from other dogs, a large groups of monkeys. Very nice! After the first 15km on paved road we finally reached the dirty dirt roads which we had been told were much quieter and went through nice surrounding. And was it nice? Yes it was stunning, the ride went through pepper farms, mountains, we passed small lakes, big temples, we rode along green rice fields, passed probably a few hundred cows and without no doubt over a thousand kids screaming and waving hello. Today was amazing and Cambodia showed us her best side. My fellow riders did really well despite moderate preparation but towards the afternoon I think the heat and the long ride on bumpy gravel roads was quite a bit of a challenge but we reached the finish line at 14.30. At that time the group was in pain and I think it was good that we didn’t have to bike any longer this first day of the trip.
Tonight we are staying in Takeo, a medium sized Cambodian town, there are not many foreigners here and the rpices are low compared to a tourist destination as Kep. Tomorrow we have another lovely early start, take off at 6 heading towards Kampong Speu.
We have received a lot of donations the last few weeks and i would like to say thank you for all support so far.
Until tomorrow. Have a great day
Ola
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