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Up next: Kampong Chhnang, the pottery making province, but not before making a brief excursion to Kampong Cham to taste the delights of roadside snails, get pumped-up with some pavement aerobics, and to marvel at the Mekong.
We were warmly welcomed into Kampong Chhnang by Ruriko, the delightful friend of Mayu who has been working with the Japanese government to implement sports programs in schools. She kindly invited us to attend her school's sports day the following day. Unbeknownst to us, we were to be the guests of honor. (Apparently just being a foreigner gets you this title).
The sports festival has ... Read More
10
Jul2015
02
Jul2015
We started the day at the 270km mark of our journey and covered a further 155km in a decent time of 5.5 hours. From the tourist honey pot of Siem Reap we made our way due south east to the rural village Okuru Kae. We traded the bars and restaurants for paddy fields and rubber plantations.
We set up our Tuk Tuk in the beautiful garden of the community leader, Mr Ky who offers his home to tourists travelling through the province visiting the nearby 7th century temples. Our frisbee was a novelty for the kids, but after the end ... Read More
28
Jun2015
Buses, trucks, vans, cars, motorbikes and the odd tuk tuk fill up the roads of Cambodia. There is a center line painted neatly on most roads but very little regard for its use. It seems to be more there to mark the middle of the road than to separate traffic. Steaming down the road at a respectable 35km/h it only took us 6.5 hours (including breaks) to do the 170km from Battambang to Siem Reap. After careering through a red light at full speed (it’s the first one we had seen in months) we arrived in Siem Reap on the ... Read More