4NR DMK 2012: 08 Phnom Penh - Kampot, Cambodia

"Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second..." - William James

(Tired bikers, but still energetic...)

Day 08:  25/10/2012 – Thursday

Route: Phnom Penh - Kampot, Cambodia

Distance: 175 km

Hotel: Heng Reak Smey Guest House, Kampot

We didn't have breakfast and there was no hot water even for a hot Nescafe. Started riding after 0800 and thronged the massive early morning traffic jam. Stopped to refuel and fixed Hj Burn's flat tyre. The mishaps of yesterday’s fall and today”s flat tyre made Hj Burn temperamental and moody even at a simple joke.

It was a leisure ride to Kampot as the road is good. We arrived early and rested at Riverside View Hotel while waiting for the organizer to fetch and bring us to a muslim retaurant for mee soup lunch.

(The Kampot bridge, partly destroyed and rebulit...)

We checked in a Heng Reak Smey Guest House, booked by the DMK organizer. After a short rest we went for a late lunch of prawns and crabs. The group then took a van to Kep Beach to watch the sunset and bought more crabs for dinner later.

(Catching crabs for dinner...)

We took a stroll for dinner at Ustaz Sulaiman's house. After a glass of teh tarik, we walked back to our hotel under the moon shadow of 10 Zulhijjah.

👈👈 Kampot, Cambodia

Siem Reap - Phnom Penh, Cambodia 👉👉