Yesterday we cycled from Siem Reap back the way we came, as far as a small town called Kralanh. Checked into a guest house just set back to the left of the petrol station on the main road through town. Went for the $10 superior room, which was clean and seemed ok value until it turned out that we needed to pay $10 more for air con. Feeling like we were being ripped off, we opted to tough out the evening with only the electric fans for relief from the humidity. Unfortunately for us, the room had the thermal properties of Steve McQueen's cooler from the Great Escape, so for most of the late afternoon we sat on the balcony and read. Had our first puncture on the road too. Our trailer tire punctured just as we were pulling into town. No problem as we could fix the puncture in the peace and quiet of the room.
Today, we headed north, towards the Thai border at O'smach. Roads were unsealed and dusty with red earth. Mid morning foiund us with a distinctly spray on tan orange appearance from the dirt kicked up by the passing cars and motos. It also found us with our second puncture on the road too... small stone in the front tire. Had quite a small crowd around us, finding it all very amusing, by the time we'd finished the repair.
We have a hotel room in Samraong, it was $12 with air con and sat TV (but no Wifi). Samraong it turns out has a choice of reasonable places to stay and there's even an ATM in town, so it's practically civilisation. It's just a shame you couldn't say the same for the weather. Monsoon rain is lashing down outside, and we have 80kms of dirt road to cycle tomorrow... or should that be 80kms of muddy roads to cycle.
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