I lived in Cambodia for a couple of years in the 1990s. I agree, the red dirt backroads through the villages with the traditional Khmer houses on stilts is just perfect. Such kind people, despite their recent history. How the country has changed. When I lived there, the only way to get from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap was via the Tonle Sap, there was no highway. No hill climbing in Cambodia!!
Ha not a hill in sight! Such a beautiful country to ride through thanks in most part to the amazing people. Really is unbelievable how happy and kind they are after such horrible recent history.
Glad you liked it! Yeah of course. You can find me at Simon Brain, and Laura at Laura Bonafoux. All the routes should be on Laura's, mine is a bit of a mess haha
Hi, thanks! Oh nice, such an awesome country. Yeah here's a link to our komoot route from ho Chi Minh to poi let border. That little section just after the river is awesome, make sure you've got water for the stretch to the main road.. www.komoot.com/tour/1298180747
Hi! Yep they're helinox zeros, and we love them. So glad we have them. We're both quite short, but they are super comfy, I recon we could just about fall asleep in them at the end of a long days ride 😂
@@paulm2666 yeah, we use a big Agnes copperspur, 3 person. Also love it. It's only a little heavier than the 2 person and is huge inside, and has stood up to all sorts of conditions. Through Mongolia we had some crazy weather and it was always ok
@@weridebikesplaces Interested to hear your thoughts (good and bad) for the Surly Bridge Club. Was your choice based on what you need for Mongolia? I’m looking at the disc trucker and Kona Sutra and trying to weigh up how they’d go in SE Asia.
@@paulm2666 Laura loves the bridge club, and I love my sutra. Main difference obviously is the sutra is drop bar, it also comes with a dropper post. We've had nearly no issues with both and wouldn't change them. We chose them for being durable round the world bikes, and very off road capable. The disc trucker looks great but I'd say less off road capable. For south east Asia I'd suggest something that can fit fat tyres, some pretty rough roads.
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welcome to Cambodia . I hope that one day you will come to ride a bike in Cambodia again.
Thankyou! We will be back for sure 😊🙌
I lived in Cambodia for a couple of years in the 1990s. I agree, the red dirt backroads through the villages with the traditional Khmer houses on stilts is just perfect. Such kind people, despite their recent history.
How the country has changed. When I lived there, the only way to get from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap was via the Tonle Sap, there was no highway. No hill climbing in Cambodia!!
Ha not a hill in sight! Such a beautiful country to ride through thanks in most part to the amazing people. Really is unbelievable how happy and kind they are after such horrible recent history.
I live in Cambodia and arrange Bikepacking ride, this video captures perfectly what I see every week..Pity I missed you as you came through..
Thanks for watching! What a beautiful place to live. Yeah would have been great to catch on our way through. I'm sure we'll be back one day 🙂
Great vid!
Great video again! Thanks for sharing and hope to see more soon😊
Question: can I follow you on Komoot?
Have more safe and wonderful rides!❤
Glad you liked it! Yeah of course. You can find me at Simon Brain, and Laura at Laura Bonafoux. All the routes should be on Laura's, mine is a bit of a mess haha
Hi, great video. I'm going to be riding through Cambodia next month and it would be great to see your route. Do you have a gpx / komoot link? Thanks!
Hi, thanks! Oh nice, such an awesome country. Yeah here's a link to our komoot route from ho Chi Minh to poi let border. That little section just after the river is awesome, make sure you've got water for the stretch to the main road.. www.komoot.com/tour/1298180747
Have a great trip!
Brilliant, thanks so much!
Spotted your camp chairs. Are they Helinox zeros? If so how do you find them? I’m 185cm and quite a bit older than you youngsters 🤣
Hi! Yep they're helinox zeros, and we love them. So glad we have them. We're both quite short, but they are super comfy, I recon we could just about fall asleep in them at the end of a long days ride 😂
@@weridebikesplaces thanks, we’re in the gear planning stage. Care to share your tent of choice 😊
@@paulm2666 yeah, we use a big Agnes copperspur, 3 person. Also love it. It's only a little heavier than the 2 person and is huge inside, and has stood up to all sorts of conditions. Through Mongolia we had some crazy weather and it was always ok
@@weridebikesplaces Interested to hear your thoughts (good and bad) for the Surly Bridge Club. Was your choice based on what you need for Mongolia? I’m looking at the disc trucker and Kona Sutra and trying to weigh up how they’d go in SE Asia.
@@paulm2666 Laura loves the bridge club, and I love my sutra. Main difference obviously is the sutra is drop bar, it also comes with a dropper post. We've had nearly no issues with both and wouldn't change them. We chose them for being durable round the world bikes, and very off road capable. The disc trucker looks great but I'd say less off road capable. For south east Asia I'd suggest something that can fit fat tyres, some pretty rough roads.
Which bicycle models did you ride ? Any special tires ?
Hi! Laura rides a surly bridge club, and I'm on a Kona sutra. We both have schwalbe marathon 50mm tyres
how many spare tires did u bring ?