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Todays task was simple again, follow the mekong down to Phnom Penh. We could avoid the highway until the last 40km which was good & hoped the road along the mekong would be allright...it turned out to be super, good & just allright. Complemented with some stunning views & really nice locals in between! To anybody considering the ride between Kampong Cham & Phnom Penh, riding along the west coast is good, so do it! Some bits are dusty & rocky, but at some places the locals live really at the waterfront & on one point there is a small track seperating their houses with the banks to follow instead of the main road. All this complemented with bars serving cold drinks & snacks!
After that we get onto Hw6A...not too bad at first, getting busier & more chaotic nearing PP...roadworks start, lanes disappear together with the small bit of sensible traffic conduct. We hitting the 100km mark & we need to push our focus up a bit more for this bit...pffff, tired. In the city things really get busy, mopeds, cars, everthing & everywhere...we manouver our way (Line even yelling at some driver for cutting us off) to an area of guesthouses where we quickly find a room, shower, wash clothes & lay down for some afternoon rest. Tomorrow we're off to Sihanoukville by bus (let's see how much they will charge us for our bikes). From there we'll be biking along the coast to enter Vietnam on the 1st of February.
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Todays task was simple again, follow the mekong down to Phnom Penh. We could avoid the highway until the last 40km which was good & hoped the road along the mekong would be allright...it turned out to be super, good & just allright. Complemented with some stunning views & really nice locals in between! To anybody considering the ride between Kampong Cham & Phnom Penh, riding along the west coast is good, so do it! Some bits are dusty & rocky, but at some places the locals live really at the waterfront & on one point there is a small track seperating their houses with the banks to follow instead of the main road. All this complemented with bars serving cold drinks & snacks!After that we get onto Hw6A...not too bad at first, getting busier & more chaotic nearing PP...roadworks start, lanes disappear together with the small bit of sensible traffic conduct. We hitting the 100km mark & we need to push our focus up a bit more for this bit...pffff, tired. In the city things really get busy, mopeds, cars, everthing & everywhere...we manouver our way (Line even yelling at some driver for cutting us off) to an area of guesthouses where we quickly find a room, shower, wash clothes & lay down for some afternoon rest. Tomorrow we're off to Sihanoukville by bus (let's see how much they will charge us for our bikes). From there we'll be biking along the coast to enter Vietnam on the 1st of February.
Dat zijn weer hele mooie kiekjes. Jullie hebben echt al wel pareltjes van foto's er tussen zitten!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenZag er een fijne dag uit. zoenen, Chantal
Jullie tocht lijkt weer heel gevarieerd, ook wel tof om nice locals i.p.v. wandolla cambodiaantjes tegen te komen.Succes bij de onderhandelingen over de prijs vr de bus.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenknuf Mams Mieke