On two wheels...

Last weekend six PEPY folks and myself did a great bike trip from Phnom Penh down to the coastal town of Kep. We cycled about 220km over two days, both on paved highways and red-dirt backroads, the latter being far more pleasant. Biking is such an incredible way to travel here, everything goes by at just the right speed. Even in the countryside, the roadside is quite a lively place, there seems to be an endless stream of children and adults on bikes, motos, and foot, all offering wide smiles, "hello goodbyes", and "whatyournames?". Plus there are plenty of places to stop for a fresh coconut, made-on-the-spot sugarcane juice (my fav) and bottled water. Fantastic trip, capped off by a quick dip in the ocean and then an afternoon of eating and hammocking on a veranda overlooking the Gulf of Thailand.


The coconut bike.


Peppi (not PEPY) greets some oxcart drivers.


They don't have too many kids' bikes here, so they just learn to ride big ones!


Newly painted wat in the countryside.


Daniela and a great lady who chatted with us briefly when we stopped to check directions.