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Last day in Siem Reap

We’re going to miss this lot… lovely to catch with Diyouk over breakfast…I think it’s been around 13 years! And I forgot to get a photo.. 😦 A road trip with Chanthou and family, with a lovely stroll in the Teuk Chob community forest Then a little look at the new area that is being…
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Temple day

14th July-a big day! Started the day with a cycle around the West Baray, a 32km round trip from the Purple House. Never ceases to astonish, the sheer size and volume of this man made Baray. Then to find a Khmer cell card so we have some internet access on the road, and off to…
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Phnom Kulen
13th July Kulen mountain is up there with my favourite places…maybe due to the memories it’s provided and the people who have been there with me. My first visit was in 2010 and it still rates as one of the most fun days ever! We’re all older and much changed but gosh it’s good to…
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Siem Reap
Day 3 and a quiet night’s sleep at the “Purple House”- kudos to Khemrak and Sreyleak, what a lovely little oasis they have created, a few kms out of town and beautifully set up with self catering goodies and a secure and relaxing garden! We set off for Chong Kneas this morning to test out…
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Not quite to plan…

Day two started swimmingly with an easy trip to the airport, collection of our bikes an no queue at the checkin counter! All downhill from there…after much deliberation and muttering in Thai which of course neither of us understood, we we firmly told that our bikes could not make the plane trip to Siem Reap.…
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Day one!
Hobart to Bangkok…the boring bit 🙂 Day starts well with a 4am jangling alarm and a shuffle to the sky bus with two heavy bike boxes and a couple of stripy bags to check in. First setback of the day…we apparently have to pick up our luggage at Bangkok- Bleh! Not what we were planning…