Angkor: just the mention of the word invokes thoughts of mysterious jungle clad temples and an age of phenomenal vision and architecture. The Khmer Empire's 1000 year old legacy at…
From Battambang our next destination was Siem Reap - home of the Temples of Angkor and a town we were planning to spend a few days in while we checked…
Day 137: Phnom Penh - Kampong Chhnang (50m) 97km (plus 18km around village). Highway 5, Flat with moderate traffic. Day 138: Kampong Chhnang - Pursat (60m) 120km. Flat with moderate…
This stark set of photographs is from the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh, known to Cambodia's Khmer Rouge cadres in the mid seventies as Security Office 21, or…
Day 131: Kampot - Souphi (20m) 107km. North towards Phnom Penh via dirt road 41. Flat Day 132: Souphi - Phnom Penh (20m) 54km. Flat. Day 133-136: 4 days sightseeing…
Day 127: Chau Doc - Ba Chuc (10m) 46km. Canal-side back road. Flat. Day 128: Ba Chuc - Kep (5m) 105km. Flat. Canal-side back road to Ha Tien/Prek Chak (border…
Saigon - My Tho (10m) 80km. Flat ride out into the fringes of the Mekong Delta. My Tho - An Binh Island/Song Tien (10m) 79km. Flat and fast riding through…
Mui Ne - La Gi (10m) 91km. Rolling and flat ride mostly along coastline backroads. La Gi - Ba Ria (20m) 111km. Rolling and flat along coastline and coastal plain…
Day 105: Buon Ma Thuot - Jun Village/Lak Lake (445m), 56km. Gently rolling hills. Day 106: Jun Village - Nam Ha/Dinh Van (865m), 119km. 1370m total climbing over two main…
Day 99: Dak Glei - Plei Kan (640m) 55km. 400m total climbing on rolling roads. Day 100: Plei Kan - Kon Tum (500m) 77km. 730m total climbing on mixture of…
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