Cambodia

04. November 2009 Sisophon to Siem Reap 110 Km / Total 340kmNice and dry day but still with head wind. Was nearly dark when we arrived in Siem Reap.
Ugly city with loads of tourist.

Only 16 km left until Siem Reap

05. November 2009 Siem Reap / Angkor Wat 48 Km / Total 383kmThe whole day we spent around Angkor Wat. Very nice Temples. We also met a Spanish Guy which is on his way around the world with an electro bike. ( see link)

Angkor Wat

06. November 2009 Siem Reap to Stoung 101 Km / Total 484km
We left Siem Reap and our next target is Phnom Penh which is still some 350-400 km away.

Bicycles are used to transport anything

07. November 2009 Stoung to Kampong Thon 52 Km / Total 535km
Easy way to Kamphong Thon. We decided to stay in a small Hotel and when we entered we saw a bike inside the lobby. It was the Bicycle from the German guy we met on the second day in Thailand.

Children along the Road

08. November 2009 Kampong Thon / rest day 0 Km
The first real rest day without touching the bikes. Some Internet, televison, western food and a nice afternoon nap.

Tarif meter in Cambodia

09. November 2009 Kampong Thon to Skoun 102Km / Total 637kmLate start at Kampong Thon. We wanted to leave at 05:30 but only managed to leave after a nice breakfast at 08:00. Very hot day and between 11:30 and 01:30 we needed to rest in a nice restaurant, it was simply to hot to ride.

Roads in Cambodia

10. November 2009 Skoun to Phnom Penh 80 Km / Total 717kmWe haved arrived in Phnom Phen. After an early start at 06:00 and 80 km we arrived at 14:00 at our nice guesthouse in the centre of Phnom Penh.

Independence Monument Phnom Penh

Local taxi in Phnom Penh

Bangkok to Cambodia

31.October 2009 Bangkok to Phanom Sarakham 28km / Total 28km
Finaly we made it, at 11:00 we left our apartment and went to Thana City where we met Markus and Chon. They will drive us some few km outside of Bangkok. But first we had a few Singha's and Markus played us some good music in his studio.
After lunch we left Bangkok and arrived a few km outside Changsoenchaow. We unloaded the bikes and off we went. We did 28Km and it was already dark when we arrived at a small Resort with a few Bungalows.

With Markus and Chon before we left

01.November 2009 Phanom Sarakham to Sa Kaeo 92km / Total 120kmThe first real day on the bike. Easy but with some head wind we did it to Sa Kaeo. En route we met an Italian guy which is on his way from Saigon to Italy. Nearly on the same spot we met a german guy with a nice bicycle on its own on a 4 weeks SEA tour.

The Italien guy on its way to Europe

02. November 2009 Sa Kaeo to Aranyaprathet 54 km / Total 176km
Today was an easy ride. Only 54 km to the Cambiodian Border. We found a nice Guest House with Pool and after a Massage and a Hair Cut, we went to the city centre to celebrate Loi Kratong.

Loi Kratong

03. November 2009 Arayaprathet to Sisophon 52 Km / Total 230km
Easy ride but on the border we lost some time. Then only a few km into Cambodia and the rain started. The whole way to Sisophon we had rain and head wind. Sometimes we did only 12 to 14km/h. In Sisophon we took the first guest house in order to take off our wet clothes.

Thai-Cambodian Border

Cambodian Cadillac