What a country Cambodia is!!! Stunning and very testing. I have just come back from 2 of the best weeks of my life riding a Honda XR 250 Baja around Cambodia/ Its a long flight, LHR to Dubai then on to Bangkok then phenom phen ,30 hours or so. i was Medic for the trip so had to be fully litted for any emergency . We set off from phenom phen had a blessing at a local temple then it was a blast into the Jungle.You cannot stray off the trails as there are still 4 million landmines out there and people are still loosing limbs. Apparrentley more bombs were dropped on Cambodia than used in the whole of WW2
The riding was tough lots of sand and 40 degree heat.A few suffered but we were a pretty fit group of guys. The roads vary from red sand to full tarmac but our route was jungle paths going from Angorian temple to temple. The temples go back to 700AD and are amazing in there detail and size.The bikes were fantastic strong and reliable and fun to ride. We had one serious accident ,when one of the riders hit a tree laid across the road to warn you a bridge was down It was so dusty he didnt see it was cata paulted over the bars and broke hios left hipand wrist .
I loaded him up with drugs and we gaffer taped him to a plastic chair and got him to a local hospital for an X Ray. Unfotunatley it was Chinneese New year and no Doctor was avaialable We eventually got a Radiologist to come by scooter from Vietnam and he took the xr which showed a fractured neck of femur and wrist.
After 4-5 hours on the phone to the insurance company a Helicoper E Vac was agreed and he was airlifted to Bangkok general for surgery.Apparently the service was amazing and rthe nurses gorgeous ,so much so that when I rang to check all was well he told me to call back as he was enjoying a bed bath
We carried on without our injured rider knowing he was well looked after.
Food was fantastic and the local Anchor beer refreshing.
The trip was also to an extent following the Mekon and you couldnt help thinking you were some extra in Appocalypse Now!!
The women out there are gorgeous and seem to like Westerners despite the History,If I was not a Happily married man I'd be out there to live like a shot
The trip ends in Seam reap site if Anchor Wot the largest Angorian Temple in the world.We had a Mad night out ending up in a Cambodian Rave in the middle of now where Talking carefully to Ex Kymer Rouge soldiers who now seem to be involved in certain interesting activities
In Short Go Do it if you can. We were very much a Reccie trip working out how to do the trip. It will be marketed from April this year by Globalenduro who do India africa and the himalayas www.glocalenduro.com . It was the best thing I've done on a bike. Thanks to Nick Zeman Debs ang Leng our local dirt bike god who could fix a puncture in 12 minutes!! .
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Yamaha T MAX Mk 3 Stealth Grey .Best Scoot ever!!
The riding was tough lots of sand and 40 degree heat.A few suffered but we were a pretty fit group of guys. The roads vary from red sand to full tarmac but our route was jungle paths going from Angorian temple to temple. The temples go back to 700AD and are amazing in there detail and size.The bikes were fantastic strong and reliable and fun to ride. We had one serious accident ,when one of the riders hit a tree laid across the road to warn you a bridge was down It was so dusty he didnt see it was cata paulted over the bars and broke hios left hipand wrist .
I loaded him up with drugs and we gaffer taped him to a plastic chair and got him to a local hospital for an X Ray. Unfotunatley it was Chinneese New year and no Doctor was avaialable We eventually got a Radiologist to come by scooter from Vietnam and he took the xr which showed a fractured neck of femur and wrist.
After 4-5 hours on the phone to the insurance company a Helicoper E Vac was agreed and he was airlifted to Bangkok general for surgery.Apparently the service was amazing and rthe nurses gorgeous ,so much so that when I rang to check all was well he told me to call back as he was enjoying a bed bath
We carried on without our injured rider knowing he was well looked after.
Food was fantastic and the local Anchor beer refreshing.
The trip was also to an extent following the Mekon and you couldnt help thinking you were some extra in Appocalypse Now!!
The women out there are gorgeous and seem to like Westerners despite the History,If I was not a Happily married man I'd be out there to live like a shot
The trip ends in Seam reap site if Anchor Wot the largest Angorian Temple in the world.We had a Mad night out ending up in a Cambodian Rave in the middle of now where Talking carefully to Ex Kymer Rouge soldiers who now seem to be involved in certain interesting activities
In Short Go Do it if you can. We were very much a Reccie trip working out how to do the trip. It will be marketed from April this year by Globalenduro who do India africa and the himalayas www.glocalenduro.com . It was the best thing I've done on a bike. Thanks to Nick Zeman Debs ang Leng our local dirt bike god who could fix a puncture in 12 minutes!! .
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You Soft Southern Jessy !
GS1200 SE in White
Yamaha T MAX Mk 3 Stealth Grey .Best Scoot ever!!
