Battambang and on to Phnom Penh.

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves just yet as I was in Battambang for three days. I had already done the sites so on the second day I just went out and rode some trails outside the town. It was all very basic stuff, no real challenges. Of course you have to stay on main trails as, let’s not forget those mine fields.

Regular refreshments when you find towns

So many Wats in Cambodia. This one in Battanabang

Each night I could be found in the genuinely quiet Pub Street at KC’s enjoying great food and a few drinks

I’d seen this bridge on a map and also seen a picture of a bike riding over it.

My final full day and I was off to find that bridge. Although shown on Google maps it was way off the main roads and was proving a challenge to locate. The day was, as expected, crazy hot. As I got closer the tacks became more challenging and then Google told me I had arrived

Not quite as depicted. I know it’s the dry season and all.

It had been a nice ride out. I headed back to another killing field in Battambang

This monument houses some of the bones of unidentified locals slaughtered.

Lilly was in need of a clean, ready for the journey south.

I was ready to leave, I was sure I’d seen it all. As I bid farewell to the hotel manager, he came out to see me off, giving me a new scarf as a gift and wishing me good fortune.

Looking spick and span, me in my new Cambodia race top.

300km

If you think that graphic looks long and boring you’d be right. I had planned to take two days to complete the 300km but there was so little to see enroute that I ended up doing it almost non stop. Arriving in Phnom Penh at 6.30pm. The issue was I hadn’t booked a hotel for that night. Quickly resolved I found myself in the very nice Angkor Hotel.