Route with pics
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After a cold and hard night, we woke up at 6am, ate some rice and chicken soup and off we went, hoping to catch up with Nathalie and Gonzages (the belgian biking couple we met yesterday). They had a good headstart, so we biked very hard. And what better way to celebrate our 2000km mark than for Line to fall hard on the rocky road? Some deep scratches on my hand was luckely the only dammage. After cleaning it with water and and putting on some bandage we went back on the road, leaving the cambodian crowd behinde us.
They weren't at the little village anymore where they said they would sleep, so we just went on. Once the outback road through the nature park started, Ardan recognized the traces of their wheels. So we knew they had taken this road. We only didn't know when, so we asked the few people we saw 'pii barang' (two foreigners) and pointed forward. In the meanwhile, both Ardan and me tried to match my first fall quite a few times, but the first was to spactacular, so it didn't work :)
Finally after biking two hours (ans seeing a lot of burning forest), we catched up with our new belgian friends. After another 3 hours biking, very very offroad, we finally got to the temple. We ate a rewarding watermelon and convinced the ticketguy to let us in for 3$/person in stead of 5. We said we didn't need a ticket, so he could just keep it all himself...Oeps, not really helping to rid corruption out of cambodia that way...At this temple, Preah Kahn, there were a lot of things stolen only 15 years a go, a pity! When we came out of the temple the ticket guy said we could stay at his place (for a few dollars of course). So we went with him to the next village. A long negotiation later we could eat at his place for 5$/4 person and sleep for free in a tent. Nathalie and Gonzages have their own. A misunderstanding concerning the food left us with only rice to eat. We spiced it up with some cucumber we bought ourselves and some spices from N&G. We ended our day playing cards and having a laugh by candle light. It was a nice, although hardworking, day (except the falling)
Picasa Album
After a cold and hard night, we woke up at 6am, ate some rice and chicken soup and off we went, hoping to catch up with Nathalie and Gonzages (the belgian biking couple we met yesterday). They had a good headstart, so we biked very hard. And what better way to celebrate our 2000km mark than for Line to fall hard on the rocky road? Some deep scratches on my hand was luckely the only dammage. After cleaning it with water and and putting on some bandage we went back on the road, leaving the cambodian crowd behinde us.
They weren't at the little village anymore where they said they would sleep, so we just went on. Once the outback road through the nature park started, Ardan recognized the traces of their wheels. So we knew they had taken this road. We only didn't know when, so we asked the few people we saw 'pii barang' (two foreigners) and pointed forward. In the meanwhile, both Ardan and me tried to match my first fall quite a few times, but the first was to spactacular, so it didn't work :)
Finally after biking two hours (ans seeing a lot of burning forest), we catched up with our new belgian friends. After another 3 hours biking, very very offroad, we finally got to the temple. We ate a rewarding watermelon and convinced the ticketguy to let us in for 3$/person in stead of 5. We said we didn't need a ticket, so he could just keep it all himself...Oeps, not really helping to rid corruption out of cambodia that way...At this temple, Preah Kahn, there were a lot of things stolen only 15 years a go, a pity! When we came out of the temple the ticket guy said we could stay at his place (for a few dollars of course). So we went with him to the next village. A long negotiation later we could eat at his place for 5$/4 person and sleep for free in a tent. Nathalie and Gonzages have their own. A misunderstanding concerning the food left us with only rice to eat. We spiced it up with some cucumber we bought ourselves and some spices from N&G. We ended our day playing cards and having a laugh by candle light. It was a nice, although hardworking, day (except the falling)
Oei zusje, hopelijk doet het niet te veel pijn.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenNa de offroad foto's te zien kan ik alleen maar zeggen R.E.S.P.E.K.
xxx
Fem
Inderdaad, ik sluit me aan bij Femke. Je doet het geweldig Line op de fiets en de knieën zeuren niet? dikke kus, Chantal
BeantwoordenVerwijderenDeze rit was echt wel impressionant,vallen, slechte wegen en doorheen brandende bossen.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenInderdaad respekt. Jullie zijn toch stelletje lefgozers.
Knuf mams Mieke