So again I've been s*** with keeping up with the blog!! I did 2 days of cycling to get out of cambodia, it was not as bad as I was fearing, as with most things, the anticipation is always worse than actually doing it. I had 2 very easy days really, just 60k each day. On the first day Battambang to sisophong I met up with a fellow cyclist- quite unfriendly really, which was a little disappointing. A japanese chap, who made it quite clear he was not interested in ...

I've had a 'busy' few days of partying and temple visiting! I stayed in Siem Reap for 6 days, it was very touristic but I was in a great guest house and met up with a group for really great people who I have spent the past week with. Mainly been cycling around the temples by day and drinking $1 cocktails by night. We all travelled down to Phomn Penn for a last night of partying before everyone went their separate ways. I arrived in PP by bus and had to navigate t...

Sunburnt and saddle sore, some'll say it serves me right for cheating! So my first full day here in Siem Reap after my motorised arrival. I woke early with a plan of watching the sun rise over the temples, however it had been raining all night and the sky was still grey. I decided to take advantage of the cool(er) weather and ride out 13k to one of the smaller temple complexes. As I wasn't doing 'serious' cycling I chose not to take my regular precautions of mult...

Left udon this morning with an ambitious target of 120k to the next big town. Didn't start well as I felt really ill all morning. I got up at 7, spent over an hr looking for somewhere to have breakfast, then spent 2 hrs trying not to be sick. Eventually set off around 10, it was hot hot hot! My speedo has a thermometer on it- at one stage it was reading 41o! Not sure quite haw accurate it is but it sure was bloody hot! Once I got into the cycling I soon started t...

Last day in Laos for the time being. They put on a big leaving party for me at COPE. It was great fun, lots of eating, drinking and karaoke!! Quite sad to leave them really, it's been nice to have somewhere to call home for a few weeks. I will miss Julia who I've been living with, and all the guys at work. I set off this morning heading for Thailand, just across the friendship bridge, about 22k from Vientiane. With a slightly thick head I didn't manage to set of...