‘A Holiday in Cambodia’
Warm Welcome from Angkor Wat!!!
Yes, I’m finally back on the road, this time it is the infamous roads of Cambodia. Actually it has not been that bad. Well let’s start with the boarder crossing at Poipet.. The surreal amposphere and the thousands of people crossing from Cambo to Thailand was a sight on its own. The actual checkpoints were nothing out of the ordinary, but as a general rule I hate border crossings and this one was not exception.
Coming into Cambodia, you feel being set back about 20 years from Thailand. First day on the road was relatively easy, about 54km all paved. We stopped at a lovely hotel in Sissapon for a night, luckily our hotel offered rooms only, another one very close to us offered a somewhat ‘extended customer service packages’ … you get the drift.
On the second day our lives have turned to hell. All the dust you can eat, but no pot holes. It had to be one of the dirtiest days ever on a bike and the fact that I applied sunscreen at around 9am, well it created a nice coating of dirt and with the sun scorching from above we nick named it ‘Shake and Bake’, you do feel like a chicken sometimes. We have cycled 105km that day with 70km in the dust.
I know I went on and on about Thai people, so far the people in Cambodia are as friendly, sometimes in the villages they seem to surround you – especially the kids! I think me like it here!
One of my cycling partners Pat (from Sudbury) is quite a fit cyclist, especially considering that he’s 45. I wish I will be in the shape he’s in when I’m that age. My other partner, Allan from Albany New York is quite an interesting fellow, a journalist working for the Union Times.
Allan’s blog info:
http://www.ravenglass.com/theroad/
For better writing and great stories please visit his website.
Ok, I have to go, I’ll update the blog in two days after I’m done visiting Angkor Wat.
But as a sneak preview, I have to say that no other monument or architectural structure I have seen in my life, remotely compares to Angkor. The energy coming from the temples and ruins is something to experience. More to come.
As well, all the best during the holiday season to friends and co-workers.
Cheers,
Robert
Yes, I’m finally back on the road, this time it is the infamous roads of Cambodia. Actually it has not been that bad. Well let’s start with the boarder crossing at Poipet.. The surreal amposphere and the thousands of people crossing from Cambo to Thailand was a sight on its own. The actual checkpoints were nothing out of the ordinary, but as a general rule I hate border crossings and this one was not exception.
Coming into Cambodia, you feel being set back about 20 years from Thailand. First day on the road was relatively easy, about 54km all paved. We stopped at a lovely hotel in Sissapon for a night, luckily our hotel offered rooms only, another one very close to us offered a somewhat ‘extended customer service packages’ … you get the drift.
On the second day our lives have turned to hell. All the dust you can eat, but no pot holes. It had to be one of the dirtiest days ever on a bike and the fact that I applied sunscreen at around 9am, well it created a nice coating of dirt and with the sun scorching from above we nick named it ‘Shake and Bake’, you do feel like a chicken sometimes. We have cycled 105km that day with 70km in the dust.
I know I went on and on about Thai people, so far the people in Cambodia are as friendly, sometimes in the villages they seem to surround you – especially the kids! I think me like it here!
One of my cycling partners Pat (from Sudbury) is quite a fit cyclist, especially considering that he’s 45. I wish I will be in the shape he’s in when I’m that age. My other partner, Allan from Albany New York is quite an interesting fellow, a journalist working for the Union Times.
Allan’s blog info:
http://www.ravenglass.com/theroad/
For better writing and great stories please visit his website.
Ok, I have to go, I’ll update the blog in two days after I’m done visiting Angkor Wat.
But as a sneak preview, I have to say that no other monument or architectural structure I have seen in my life, remotely compares to Angkor. The energy coming from the temples and ruins is something to experience. More to come.
As well, all the best during the holiday season to friends and co-workers.
Cheers,
Robert
posted by Rob at 4:01 AM
1 Comments:
Needless to wish happy holidays to you too, becuase you are already there. Keep living richly in 2005!
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