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Cambodia/Kâmpóng Saôm Round the world trip 2007
1-3-2008
Yesterday we rode under cool cloud cover, a brisk wind at our back for about 90k’s of smooth road. Swaley, crater-pocked, rutted red dust interspersed with a rocky cobble-stone like base comprised an additional 10+ kilometers where the road sort of quit in the middle of our route. It was just past this back road section that we stopped for lunch at a Peep-in-Pot stall. Among the tasty offerings were small coiled snakes and a variety of fried insects or frogs. I just couldn’t gaze upon the scene long enough to discern what all was available. We found it hard to swallow – but we needed nutrition. We arrived in Kampong Cham and made the rounds to find a hot-water room. None of the guest houses have hot water, so we have a bright air con double hotel room over-looking the Mekong River. The river is so broad with deep banks, as it glides south under the new Japanese-built bridge.
Today, our lunch of yesterday caught up with Art and he went back to bed after trying to swallow a bit of breakfast. There are a number of sights around here, so we may pull up for a couple days to try to recuperate. We are having trouble staying well in Cambodia. The food offerings in the small towns are difficult. Thank goodness for the re-hydration powder that Anne introduced to us in Phnom Phen. We dissolve a packet (available at all Pharmacies) in a bottle of water – tastes good and provides needed electrolytes.
It is interesting to find many faranges (foreign visitors) in these larger cities. People do go out of their way to see the lesser known and harder to-get-to places – and many stay in the guest houses ($6 p/n) instead of a/c hotels ($12 p/n) as we are doing.
The winds are strong and the next segment of our ride is over 100 km, mostly into the wind! We cannot move on until we are strong and healthy enough to go the distance as there is nowhere to stay in between according to everyone we have talked to and all we have read.
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January 01 Cambodia/Kampong Thom Weltreise 2008
Yesterday we rode under cool cloud cover, a brisk wind at our back for about 90k’s of smooth road. Swaley, crater-pocked, rutted red dust interspersed with a rocky cobble-stone like base comprised an additional 10+ kilometers where the road sort of quit in the middle of our route. It was just past this back road section that we stopped for lunch at a Peep-in-Pot stall. Among the tasty offerings were small coiled snakes and a variety of fried insects or frogs. I just couldn’t gaze upon the scene long enough to discern what all was available. We found it hard to swallow – but we needed nutrition. We arrived in Kampong Cham and made the rounds to find a hot-water room. None of the guest houses have hot water, so we have a bright air con double hotel room over-looking the Mekong River. The river is so broad with deep banks, as it glides south under the new Japanese-built bridge.
Today, our lunch of yesterday caught up with Art and he went back to bed after trying to swallow a bit of breakfast. There are a number of sights around here, so we may pull up for a couple days to try to recuperate. We are having trouble staying well in Cambodia. The food offerings in the small towns are difficult. Thank goodness for the re-hydration powder that Anne introduced to us in Phnom Phen. We dissolve a packet (available at all Pharmacies) in a bottle of water – tastes good and provides needed electrolytes.
It is interesting to find many faranges (foreign visitors) in these larger cities. People do go out of their way to see the lesser known and harder to-get-to places – and many stay in the guest houses ($6 p/n) instead of a/c hotels ($12 p/n) as we are doing.
The winds are strong and the next segment of our ride is over 100 km, mostly into the wind! We cannot move on until we are strong and healthy enough to go the distance as there is nowhere to stay in between according to everyone we have talked to and all we have read.
