I met these two in Banlung in Cambodia on my last Camboenduro Tour. They are doing a RTW setting off from Australia ,Mark is an Aussie Senna is from Denmark. We had a meal with them at the Terre Rouge restaurant and a good long Chat .They were on DRZ's which they reckoned were perfect for the job . They had met a guy called Frank on a KTM 990 who we had bumped into as well !! Its a small world when you are on a bike !!
Check out their blogg , inspiring !!
http://www.handfulofthrottle.blogspot.co.uk/2012_02_01_archive.html
Heres the bit about us !!
We headed straight for the town of Banlung. To get there we had to ride 140 km's on a dusty road. We were surprised how dry everything was and how little trees were around here as we had heard that it was meant to be jungle.
Once in Banlung we decided to spoil ourselves and check into a really nice bungalow at a whopping $15 a night! While in Banlung we visited some waterfalls (when we could actually find them - Cambodian signage is confusing at its best!) We also went to a big volcanic lake where we went for our first swim since Southern Thailand. It's mainly tourists who swim here as apparently most locals believe demons live in it. No demons were spotted and a good time was had by all!
While here we tried to find out about this track that led from Banlung south to another province. We had heard that it was only for 'hardcore' dirtbikers - a group I don't necessarily consider myself part of! We then ran into a tour group of dirtbikers from Phnom Pehn who were on a 2 week tour of Cambodia and had just come from there. When we asked them of the track conditions the first thing they said was: "You like riding in sand and bull dust?" Eh no, not particularly to be honest! They told us that the worst stretch of 40 km's took them 4 hours to traverse! Upon hearing that I seriously started doubting if this was really a route we wanted to take. There had been lots of people who had come off as well. For us it would be even harder fully loaded up with all our luggage. However we were still considering it just for the adventure. The bikers ended up inviting us for dinner with them that night and paid for our meals and beers. Safe to say we had a great night enjoying the company of some fellow bike riders. They were all British and on holiday doing this 2 week bike ride all over Cambodia. They seemed to be having a great time doing it. We went to bed that night still not sure if we should take this track or not. But when we woke up late the next morning we figured it would be too late to make it through the track before nightfall so we didn't end up doing it.
Check out their blogg , inspiring !!
http://www.handfulofthrottle.blogspot.co.uk/2012_02_01_archive.html
Heres the bit about us !!
We headed straight for the town of Banlung. To get there we had to ride 140 km's on a dusty road. We were surprised how dry everything was and how little trees were around here as we had heard that it was meant to be jungle.
Once in Banlung we decided to spoil ourselves and check into a really nice bungalow at a whopping $15 a night! While in Banlung we visited some waterfalls (when we could actually find them - Cambodian signage is confusing at its best!) We also went to a big volcanic lake where we went for our first swim since Southern Thailand. It's mainly tourists who swim here as apparently most locals believe demons live in it. No demons were spotted and a good time was had by all!
While here we tried to find out about this track that led from Banlung south to another province. We had heard that it was only for 'hardcore' dirtbikers - a group I don't necessarily consider myself part of! We then ran into a tour group of dirtbikers from Phnom Pehn who were on a 2 week tour of Cambodia and had just come from there. When we asked them of the track conditions the first thing they said was: "You like riding in sand and bull dust?" Eh no, not particularly to be honest! They told us that the worst stretch of 40 km's took them 4 hours to traverse! Upon hearing that I seriously started doubting if this was really a route we wanted to take. There had been lots of people who had come off as well. For us it would be even harder fully loaded up with all our luggage. However we were still considering it just for the adventure. The bikers ended up inviting us for dinner with them that night and paid for our meals and beers. Safe to say we had a great night enjoying the company of some fellow bike riders. They were all British and on holiday doing this 2 week bike ride all over Cambodia. They seemed to be having a great time doing it. We went to bed that night still not sure if we should take this track or not. But when we woke up late the next morning we figured it would be too late to make it through the track before nightfall so we didn't end up doing it.
