March 05, 2005
Photos: Cambodia and Saigon
Photo catch-up time once again! These bad boys are just a wee sample of our two day bike ride from Phnom Penh down to the beach at Sihanoukville, Serendipity Beach, and finally the ride from Phnom Penh to Saigon, ending...Read this update
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February 25, 2005
Photos: Angkor Wat
And introducing: Alex Tattersall, ladies and gentlemen, from the great state of Manchester, England! And also, Angkor Wat. It's a photo extravaganza around here these days, you gotta admit! Tell your friends! And its Ladies Night tonight! And free nachos...Read this update
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February 24, 2005
Photos: Phnom Penh
More catching up with photos to do here: we will happily resurrect The Glenn for this edition, as it covers our days in Phnom Penh, when we met up with our friends Jay and Nancy. Not so many album cover...Read this update
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February 23, 2005
Eastern Cambodia: Biking Phnom Penh to Saigon
"I've got an idea for a road trip," said Alex on the morning February 23rd, about 60 km east of Phnom Penh. We were sitting in a roadside hut, drenched in sweat, and cursing the ubiquitous cheaply-made caps of the...Read this update
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February 21, 2005
Serendipity Beach: You Buy My Fruit?
"We're on the coast, right? I'm not nuts, am I? I haven't gone crazy?" Alex was asking. "I mean, this should be right near the beach..." It was late afternoon, February 17, and the heat didn't seem to be dying...Read this update
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February 17, 2005
Sihanoukville: Road Charades
Alex and I woke up early in Kampot, in southern Cambodia, on the morning of February 17, not quite ready to hit the road. We were both exhausted from the difficult ride the previous day; the only thing that kept...Read this update
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February 16, 2005
Kampot: Blowin' in the Wind
Less than a kilometer into Alex's first real riding day, outside the tiny town of Takeo in southern Cambodia, the bungee cord holding Alex's small pack onto the back of his bike exploded in two pieces. I heard this, rather...Read this update
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February 14, 2005
Phnom Penh: A Very Special Valentine's Day
Siem Reap is a six hour drive from Phnom Penh, and neither Alex nor I were especially looking forward to it. The morning after we had seen the temples of Angkor Wat, we'd be on the road again. That in...Read this update
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February 13, 2005
Angkor Wat: The Conor and Alex Show
Around 8 p.m. on February 12, I was sitting in a sidewalk restaurant with my biking friends, Jay and Nancy, in Siem Reap, waiting for two things - my third banana shake of the evening (because if those things aren't...Read this update
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February 12, 2005
Siem Reap: Old Macdonald Had a Bike
Traveling by bike means that taking public transport is always a bit difficult when you're not biking. In this particular case, there was no way I wanted to spend three days biking the 350 km up to Siem Reap to...Read this update
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February 11, 2005
Phnom Penh: The Killing Fields
I imagine that when many people hear of Cambodia, it conjures up images of Pol Pot, the Khmer Rouge, and the Killing Fields. I know it did for me before I arrived here. I did not understand the history very...Read this update
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February 10, 2005
Phnom Penh: Not Just Motos and Hookers
Glenn and I were biking in from the airport in Phnom Penh, heading down to the river where we would find a guesthouse. We passed a bank, where we swung in so I could change some traveler's cheques into local...Read this update
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