Posts made in December 18th, 2024

7. Angkor Wat

Posted by on 18, Dec 2024 in 2024 - SE Asia, Asia, Cambodia, Tilly the Tandem | 2 comments

7. Angkor Wat

The cycle to Ankor Wat from the border town of Poipet is all on the main road. I’m sure some cyclists can do it all in one day, but for us it’s a short hop to Sisophon of 45km and then a monster 100km to Siem Reap. It’s all flat, always into the wind, just like we’ve been since we left Bangkok and is relatively ok until the heat builds up, then it becomes seriously uncomfortable and, for us, difficult. So the plan for the 100km was to leave at 4am, 2 and half hours before sun rise! We had decided we needed to get up early in Poipet so we would be tired when we arrived...

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