1 week in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia - a vibrant, blossoming city on the Mekong. We walked all over town & along the riverfront, saw a movie at a cool small theatre with pillows, mattresses and couches to lounge on, joined in a pickup game of ultimate frisbee - barefoot slip-sliding on a rain drenched field, and of course saw many 'bikes of burden' on the way. Mark is making progress with his interviews here and setting more up for our next stop in Ho Chi Minh City.
The monsoon rains of the region make for flash floods - turning streets into rivers that conceal the potholes. We stayed dry in a great little guesthouse, the Manor House. The staff were a riot when over breakfast they showed us pictures they had posted on Facebook of themselves sitting on our bikes at the front of the hotel - joking that they had been joyriding overnight.
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| staff photo shoot on the CBR |
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| Norodom Sihanouk monument (King who led Cambodia to independence from France) |
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| sidewalk barbershop |
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| full service - gas station & tire repair |
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| sun dried fish |
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| cutting edge architecture of '60s - now dilapidated community housing in Bassac region |
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| monsoon rains cause flash floods - streets become rivers |
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| fuel delivery |
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| Sugarcane makes for a sweet ride |
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