since i live in USA so many years i felt it time for me in returning to Cambodia and i will move to Mondulkiri and hoping to teach English and Math in Those rural. and i need to refreshing my reading and write in khmer and maybe i can teach those children and share my experience since i left Cambodia for so many years. I felt it time for me to catch-up what i missing in life in Cambodia. Looking forward for my future in Cambodia.

I felt great seen the country side

After reading more of your posts I am very glad that I found your website, I hope to do at least some of the journeys you have described so well.

Kylie & I are in Cambodia for nearly three weeks and are planning on travelling to the following:
(This first part I want to do on a dirtbike)
- Sihanoukville (Perhaps across to Koh Kong as a little detour if possible)
- Up to Bokor Hill Station
- Kampot & Kep
- Takeo (then do a detour out to Angkor Borei and Phnom Da as you suggested)
- Then back to PP
(From here I think we will have to take buses and boats given the wet season)
- PP to Kratie
- Kompong Cham
- Kompong Thom
- Siem Riep (Angkor Wat) – may hire bike and do a day trip from here
- Back to PP via boat to see a different part of cambodia

I think we will take 4-6 days to do the bike loop down south and then 6-8 days to do the Kratie/Siem loop, if possible after the northern trip we will hire a bike again and do another day trip or two.

Can you recommend a place in PP from which to hire a good bike, I have read that there is a number of places to hire, but the quality of the bikes varies a lot.

Thanks for your help with our trip.

Cheers,

Damian and Kylie

I would so much love to go on a moto trip with you guys. However, I am in Canada and will return to Cambodia only in Spring 2007.

I usually posts my trips a few weeks later, so that few posts don’t necessarily indicate few travels at a time. July/August is rainy season indeed, and this does limit your options for bike trips. It rarely rains the entire day but it basically does rain every day, so on each day there will be less time for riding. More importantly, the daily rain profoundly transforms dirt road and sometimes basically makes them indistinguishable from the rice fields next to them.

All this does not at all mean that there are no trips you can do by bike. You will just need to plan for more time, there are fewer places you can travel to and there is more uncertainty involved as to whether you will be able to reach those places. Basically, all trips along paved national roads should not be a problem. In contrast, forested and mountainous countryside areas in the north and southwest are not an option, or at least not very appealing ones.

Maybe you could indicate the duration of trips you want to make. One of my favorite day trips is to Angkor Borei and Phnom Da, ride to Takeo town and take a fast boat there, the whole area is flooded and its beautiful.

I suggest you get back to me with more detail as to what kind of trips you are looking for.

Best,
Stefan

Great stories and pictures, we are coming to cambodia in july and august staying with a friend in phnom penh and looking to see some of the amazing places that you have seen.

I would like to ask you some more about your bike trips, and noticed that you hadn’t been travelling too much in July/August, is this because the wet season makes it difficult to travel by motorbike?

If you could recommend any trips that you think would be possible on a dirt bike during this period we would appreciate your help – even better if you are planning one and don’t mind some australian company then that would be awesome!

If you get the chance send me an email.

Thanks! Damian & Kylie