Day 2: 90km, Takeo - Kampot
Day 3: 109km, Kampot - Sihanoukville
3 long days of cycling brought us to the lovely coast of Cambodia. On our journey we met lots more friendly cambodians and we have seen some new ways of transporting babies on bycicles, for example in handlebarhammocks (picture 7) and baskets (picture 5).
On the first day we saw a dog being run over and fly through the air which was pretty horrible. We also met some other cyclists for the first time, but they didn't like Cambodia as much as we did. In Takeo we witnessed an amazing sunset by the water (pictures 5 and 6) and a strong thunderstorm at night. At some point we thought our guesthouse wouldn't make it as we heard a ceiling board crash to the floor in the bathroom.
On the second day we covered even more distance and got caught in the rain by the end of it.We don't remember much apart from stopping for drinks and food and a thousand children's hellos. Before sunset we arrived at the 'Bodhi Villa'in Kampot (last picture), a lovely place by the water with fairylights and good food.
Day 3 has been our longest day cycling yet and because the distance wasn't challenging enough there were some hills thrown in at the end. Luckily we had had a typical cambodian lunch earlier on that consisted of boiled rice, shreds of meat, egg and cucumber, broth, chilli sauce and coffee with condensed milk, and a pot of complimentary green tea, yummy perfect! (picture 2)
2 comments:
Ingenious idea to transport babies on the bike, since they have so many, one on the left handle, one on the right handle, one on the basket, one on the back and one on the....how come no one figures this out here in UK? Keep us posted on BIG ideas!
Luv
Joyce
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