Hi Folks
A day after out last post was Saint Nikolas day, and hey, look at the pictures, Saint Nikolas was in Stung Treng... After that we planned to skate to Siem Reap via the northern route giving us the possibility of having a look at the inglorious Prasat Preah Vihear temple. The road was said to be completely new after the border conflict with Thailand, to facilitate the deploiment of soldiers to the border. Oh and there were many of them at the temple. In fact there were way more policemen and army than tourists, which made the visit slightly unreal. Unfortunately, and almost expected by us, the new road was completely unskatable, having the biggest, coarsest stones that I have seen so far. The surface is even too coarse for tires of cars and motorbikes, and within a four hundred kilometer journey, the vehicles we hitchhiked on had three blown tires. Our last lift invited us for dinner and to spend the night at their home, which we gladly agreed, before continuing with us the next morning to Siem Reap. There we did the obligatory thing and temple hopped for two days. Impressive. And way too hot. But their food is remarkably good. Even though some of the stuff might be a little off-putting at first glance, almost everything is super tasty. The oddities we have eaten include the classics of roasted crickets, fermented fish paste, and deep fried whole frogs.
A day after out last post was Saint Nikolas day, and hey, look at the pictures, Saint Nikolas was in Stung Treng... After that we planned to skate to Siem Reap via the northern route giving us the possibility of having a look at the inglorious Prasat Preah Vihear temple. The road was said to be completely new after the border conflict with Thailand, to facilitate the deploiment of soldiers to the border. Oh and there were many of them at the temple. In fact there were way more policemen and army than tourists, which made the visit slightly unreal. Unfortunately, and almost expected by us, the new road was completely unskatable, having the biggest, coarsest stones that I have seen so far. The surface is even too coarse for tires of cars and motorbikes, and within a four hundred kilometer journey, the vehicles we hitchhiked on had three blown tires. Our last lift invited us for dinner and to spend the night at their home, which we gladly agreed, before continuing with us the next morning to Siem Reap. There we did the obligatory thing and temple hopped for two days. Impressive. And way too hot. But their food is remarkably good. Even though some of the stuff might be a little off-putting at first glance, almost everything is super tasty. The oddities we have eaten include the classics of roasted crickets, fermented fish paste, and deep fried whole frogs.
Hi skaters
AntwortenLöschenWe met on the ferry from stung treng and later on we saw you on a pickup. It is nice that you are honest and write that you did not skate ;). But I must admit that this road was really not skateable. I wish you all the best for your journey.
Daniel (no flat tires so far:)
Hehe, thanks. Honesty is one of the pilars of this journey, we only write about having skated the stuff that we really did. Wouldn't make sense otherwise. Wish you a good journey as well, and further no flat tires.
LöschenI am not superstitious, but, 50 km after my post I had my first flat tire. It was fun changing the inner tube while half of the village was watching me :-)
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