Planned on sleeping in a bit today, but woke up at 7:30. So woke the barman/owner, ordered breakfast and phoned lutz (sleeping on his ponton next door). Beautiful and sunny day, so should make traveling today easier – road supposed to be worst (tarmac) road in cambodia.
… the road wasn’t too bad if compared to the russian ones. Fairly similar to the SA – Mocambique road in 1989/90 – the usual collection of potholes and construction in progress. The landscape a lush green, a lot of water and rice.
The already expected rain shower was rather heavy today – so out with the rain jackets yet again. But one thing is for certain – rain at 30 degrees is a LOT more pleasant than at 3-15 degrees. Actually it can be quite refreshing – if it doesn’t go on for hours. And of course it’s also possible to stop for a juice/soup/talking bull shit 😉
About halfway to Sihanovkuille we left the tarmac and decided to follow what looked like a small dirt road/stream. Good fun, rock sections, dense jungle, water, mud etc. After a lot of small streams
… we came across a bigger one which proved difficult to cross.
After a couple of hours and various attempts with the compass, we finally found the coast outside of Sihanovkuille and we decided to head straight for a remote beach where Lutz has been to before.
We rented 2 nice basic grass/wood huts right by the beach, very nice khmer lady with 2 kids and a couple of dogs. The bikes parked right next to the huts and a great view with the sound of waves breaking overpowering all other noises. Yes!
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