Day Two – Takeo to Kampong Speu
This morning began with the alarm going off and having left it on the other side of the room, me doing my best to kill it with the power of thought. Didn’t work. My feelings last night of looking forward to today were replaced by ‘In the name of Jesus, Mary and the wee donkey why the hell did I sign up for this.’ Shortly after, the group were massed outside the guest house and loading the support bus to take us to the start point for the day where we bought a selection of baguettes, cheese, yoghurts and cereals and had breakfast by the roadside before setting off to cover todays planned...
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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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