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After a hearty breakfast I left the luxury of the Hoang Anh Gia Lai Hotel at 8am and set of for Cambodia. Much to my surprise I had another 100m to ascend from the hotel! The road has just been remade so was in perfect condition making for rapid descents. Although once again it was a continual up & down ride which made it very tiring.<\/p>\n
Not so much traffic today but still pretty busy. Interesting to see all the pepper drying out in the fronts of all the houses<\/p>\n
I eventually reached the border at midday where the chain jumped off meaning I arrived with black greasy hands. The border guy walked me to the water butt to wash them. He was curious why I was leaving before my 28 days expired \ud83d\ude42 I changed my dongs to Riel and headed down the very rough track to Cambodia. Once again all very friendly I filled in my forms fortunate I had a passport photo and $20USD to complete the visa.<\/p>\n
What a change is Cambodia! the roads are deserted and you can hear birds sing \ud83d\ude42 the forest is being bulldozed & burnt down to make way for vast plantations some reminding me of the Spanish Estacia. In between these are houses build on stilts. I also saw a magnificient Buddhist building.<\/p>\n
The afternoon heat was getting to me so when I saw a hotel I immediately stopped and called it a day at the Ratanak in Borkeo for \u00a34.24 a night! Lovely cold shower and no internet!<\/p>\n
Going out I managed to pick up a SIM for $4 that immediately translated to $15 as a Metfone bonus deal. Apparently the internet is 0.2 cents per 100Kb which I make is $\u00a313 per GB so more expensive than Vietnam but still way way below what 3 wanted to charge me \u00a36000 per GB. All very efficiently done with no need for passports, credit cards etc.<\/p>\n
The real shock was trying to find cooked food to eat, no restaurants here & the market vegetables looked good although the meat & fish were covered in flies. I eventually found a street vendor selling bread rolls I pointed to the eggs in boiling water. Cutting the egg open I discovered it contained fluid & a chick \ud83d\ude41 bit to free range for my liking. So I ended up with just a bread roll and cabbage.<\/p>\n
The village just seems so much poorer than Vietnam its certain Cambodia is going to be interesting, especially with the heat!<\/p>\n
The Strava is below:<\/p>\n