Motorbike adventures

As is the way to travel around Cambodia, we have been hiring motorbikes to explore the area. Nerves were running high on our first day, but with a bit of practice we were gaining confidence. We knew we'd make it when we overtook our first Cambodians. On the second day, I traded my motorbike in for a a more feminine ride...an automatic moped, which I found a million times easier to drive, as I didn't have to worry what my feet were doing.

We spent a day driving through the Bokor National Park. This involved an ascent of 1079m on a windy road. We felt as if we were on Top Gear, until we looked at the speedo and realised we were averaging 30 miles an hour.

Our route up the Elephant Mountains through Bokor National Park

We re-fuelled our tanks and set off up the Elephant mountains (no elephants to be seen though).

Entrance to the Bokor National Park

Tim and his trusty steed
In other news, Tim's large head is proving quite a challenge - seems they don't make helmits big enough!

Quick refreshment break on the way up

As we were nearing the top, a huge storm appeared. Luckily, we turned a corner only to be greeted by a massive resort, which looked completely out of place in the middle of a beautiful national park. However, we were glad to find coffee and English Breakfast tea. We left to brave the weather, only to return 5 minutes later to take refuge again (and another coffee). We did eventually make it down the mountain and headed to a private beach off the tourist route.

Waiting for us at the top

Today, we headed East to a town called Kep in search of the beach. I had a slightly panicked moment when I ran over a snake wiggling his way across the road. Tim was very patient with me and searched me and the bike just to ensure there weren't any bits of snake still wiggling around.