After a beautiful route along the border with Thailand I arrive in Pailin, the city where I entered the country. I did not book a hotel because I saw in Google Maps that there are enough accommodation options in this area. The hotel where I first knock has a beautiful garden with a large swimming pool and…
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A heat wave will push the temperature up to around 40 degrees this week. But I didn't come to Cambodia to lie by the pool all day, so I decide to travel light for a few days. I leave my motorcycle gear and some gear at the hotel and in jeans and a longsleeve…
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Near the city of Battambang, where I stay, I visit the bat cave and the cave of the dead. The bat cave can only be viewed from the outside as the opening in the rock is high above ground level. This, together with 2 other caves, is home to a million (!) bats that leave the caves every night at…
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I wake up early, probably the nerves anyway, because today I leave for the border crossing with Cambodia. At 8 am I am ready to leave but the rain is pouring down from the sky. Fortunately, a shower doesn't last long here, so fifteen minutes later I drive out of the coastal town. I have…
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Before I leave Bangkok I need a day to edit and sort video and photo material from Australia. That's good because I get a message from Rik Heiligers from Beesel, whom I met earlier in Nepal, that he is on his motorcycle to Bangkok. Let's eat together…
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At 12:00 I have to return my rental car at Melbourne airport and when I put the destination in the navigation, that is exactly the time of arrival. Oops, I thought it would be less driving and will have to complete the route without a break. Exactly at the indicated time…
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When preparing for my trip, I had chosen Australia as the final destination. Not as a motorcyclist, because importing a motorcycle into Australia is a costly and difficult affair, but as a backpacker. Little did I know then that my sister's son was getting married in Melbourne on April 16th. A flight ticket to Melbourne costs…
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The 200 km to the south that I drive today are mainly on roads that I have already driven, but then from south to north. There is not much choice in this narrowest part of Thailand. Fortunately, the landscape is very different and just as beautiful from this side. I booked for 2 nights…
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After an afternoon at the beach, under the umbrella, I got some sunburn from the reflection of the UV rays on the white sand. So it's high time to do something different. The Sam Roi Yot National Park is nearby and I decide to drive there, with a big detour….
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Actually, I would write this text in the north of Thailand. Because I would like to go to Chiang Rai and the 2 weeks I still have in Thailand are ideal for that. But things are getting a little out of hand up north. After all, it is 'burning season'. The season when farmers…
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