KembojaSiem ReapSvay Dangkum13°21’16” N 103°50’56” E 3 Februari, Kemboja ⋅ 🌙 24 °C
Up at 0400 for a 0500 departure in tuk tuks, so dark and relatively cool, about 24C I think. Because it was early the roads were quite quiet. The dawn was good but not initially impressive, but as theBaca lagi
KembojaSiem ReapPhum Spéan Thmei13°21’12” N 103°51’17” E
3 Februari, Kemboja ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
I've never been in so many group posed photos in one day!
KembojaSiem ReapPhum Vihéa Chĕn13°21’8” N 103°51’18” E 3 Februari, Kemboja ⋅ 🌙 27 °C
Brief walk to night market after dinner and then to a cool roof top bar, 7 of us. Town oddly quiet, but I've no idea why this is, seeing it ought to be tourist season.
Pengembara Core brands Angkor beer and Cambodia beer, ok but average, but Hanuman lager has more flavour.
KembojaSiem ReapPhum Vihéa Chĕn13°21’11” N 103°51’7” E
4 Februari, Kemboja ⋅ ⛅ 34 °C
Went for walk to find bookshop and get a couple of postcards (although I don't yet have stamps!). Recall post cards? An earlier technology. On way back had yummy fries bananas and pineapple juice forBaca lagi
KembojaSiem ReapSvay Dangkum13°21’16” N 103°50’59” E
4 Februari, Kemboja ⋅ ☀️ 35 °C
Pengembara I knew they'd be quality but didn't expect a Trek. Superb tyres, quite wide and a bit knobbly, not MTB style of course but good for dirty tracks as well as road.
KembojaSiem ReapSvay Dangkum13°21’15” N 103°50’57” E
4 Februari, Kemboja ⋅ ☀️ 33 °C
Not much new until the health bit, and the briefing about extreme heat stress and how temperature, humidity, exertion and alcohol are a toxic combo - this was a tad unnerving!
Pengembara I think that's a reasonable inference...... But I'm not sure I see it being stuck to!
KembojaSiem ReapSvay Dangkum13°21’15” N 103°50’57” E
4 Februari, Kemboja ⋅ 🌙 29 °C
Dinner together, but whole cycle group together. Tomorrow the cycling starts ...!
KembojaSiem ReapPhum Trang13°22’37” N 103°52’46” E
5 Februari, Kemboja ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
A good first day, not very demanding really, probably intentionally. Some people found the ruts on the forest trails a little unnerving, and we had to stop several times as the same people got freakedBaca lagi
KembojaSiem ReapPhumĭ Khang Cheung Vôtt13°13’56” N 103°58’33” E
6 Februari, Kemboja ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Today we cycled out of town, and 25 people weaving in and out of traffic worked surprisingly well! Then along series of mainly hard packed dirt roads to a river connected to Tonle Sap Lake. At oneBaca lagi
Pengembara Well done for completing the 50k in such conditions. I’d imagine the SPF50 could easily come off in a sweat, humidity & dust mixture. Today will be tough. You’re wise so will know when it’s the right time to hop on the support bus
Pengembara Today would've been tough if we'd got to 60 or 70km, but for reasons I've tried to outline on today's post it was called off at 52km. I don't think the sweat has been getting rid of the SOF50, but the lotion + dust + heat has given me a heat rash above my knees, although that seems to go down overnight and it's less a problem today.
KembojaSiem ReapPhum RŭnPhnum Bok13°27’37” N 103°59’11” E
7 Februari, Kemboja ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
Well, I guess a success in as much as 1) I didn't need the support bus, and 2) at 52km that's the most I ridden, just, since starting training. But..... There were several things that meant the targetBaca lagi
Pengembara
Breakfast packed into styrofoam boxes......
Pengembara on yer bike 🚴 👋