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Biked out of PP along NH5, yeah, its busy...but not so terrible as we read on some blogs. Maybe cause we already biked bangkok, kuala lumpur etc nothing scares us anymore? It is clear that there are no traffic rules here, opposite lane driving, honking for any reason, ...You name it, they have it! You also absilutely have to get the maximum out of every drive. A taxi takes 12person as standard (no shit, driver seat is 2, passenger is 3, Rr is 7) So if you want to sit alone in the passenger seat you pay double :-). Also trucks, mopeds...anything is packed to the max! (see pic for a pretty good example)
Goal for today was Salalek 5, a town in between of PP & Kampong chnang where Nina (german coursurfer) is volunteering. Google maps knows where it is, but my map has "Ou Ruessei" instead?? Lets hope its the name...Luckily she is here, cause otherwise we had had to bike the 100km in 1 go. Realy lucky actually cause Line wasn't feeling that great either today, probably from the poor nights sleep the last days. Top Banana guesthouse is a nice place, but NOT if you intend on sleeping. The rooms are 1m away from the bar which blasts music till early hours (don't believe you when they say it goes out at 11pm...it doesn't!)
Lots of traffic, "hello's", waving & some fruit eating later we biked through Udong (big city on the map, easy to miss city in reality ;-)) where we crossed a large group of bikers. Stopped & talked to their guide to see if he had some tips for the rest of the trip. He had a few: 1)Do you know Khmer? 2)There are small roads everywhere, do you have a tent? Easy answer to both of them "Nope" :-) anyways, he showed us some smaller routes on the map, told us what roads are actually paved (on the map its a carttrack, actually its a paved road)
Arrived at Salalek 5 (which seems to be the same as Ou Ruessei), easily met up with Nina at the market, had some drinks, more fruit & now we are relaxin for the rest of the day. Maybe go with her to the orphanage she volunteers at tomorrow or make an early start towards Kampong Chnang.
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Biked out of PP along NH5, yeah, its busy...but not so terrible as we read on some blogs. Maybe cause we already biked bangkok, kuala lumpur etc nothing scares us anymore? It is clear that there are no traffic rules here, opposite lane driving, honking for any reason, ...You name it, they have it! You also absilutely have to get the maximum out of every drive. A taxi takes 12person as standard (no shit, driver seat is 2, passenger is 3, Rr is 7) So if you want to sit alone in the passenger seat you pay double :-). Also trucks, mopeds...anything is packed to the max! (see pic for a pretty good example)Goal for today was Salalek 5, a town in between of PP & Kampong chnang where Nina (german coursurfer) is volunteering. Google maps knows where it is, but my map has "Ou Ruessei" instead?? Lets hope its the name...Luckily she is here, cause otherwise we had had to bike the 100km in 1 go. Realy lucky actually cause Line wasn't feeling that great either today, probably from the poor nights sleep the last days. Top Banana guesthouse is a nice place, but NOT if you intend on sleeping. The rooms are 1m away from the bar which blasts music till early hours (don't believe you when they say it goes out at 11pm...it doesn't!)
Lots of traffic, "hello's", waving & some fruit eating later we biked through Udong (big city on the map, easy to miss city in reality ;-)) where we crossed a large group of bikers. Stopped & talked to their guide to see if he had some tips for the rest of the trip. He had a few: 1)Do you know Khmer? 2)There are small roads everywhere, do you have a tent? Easy answer to both of them "Nope" :-) anyways, he showed us some smaller routes on the map, told us what roads are actually paved (on the map its a carttrack, actually its a paved road)Arrived at Salalek 5 (which seems to be the same as Ou Ruessei), easily met up with Nina at the market, had some drinks, more fruit & now we are relaxin for the rest of the day. Maybe go with her to the orphanage she volunteers at tomorrow or make an early start towards Kampong Chnang.
dag Ardan, ik ben blij dat je er ondertussen ook ontspannen uitziet; Het heeft wat tijd gevraagd om af te haken en in the flow te komen, nu lijkt het wel zo te zijn. kus, mama chantal
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