The days continue to start earlier. Today was our last riding day, we were on our bikes by 6am with Mrs Jo blowing the whistle to get us all assembled and on our way. We were all determined to complete this ride on our bikes (as opposed to on the bus). First stop was Banteay Srei “Citadel of the Women”- a nice easy ride.
We then had one last ride – about 50kms to our end destination of Beng Mealea Jungle Temple.
We finished our ride in Cambodia the way we had started it 7 days ago – on gravel road. The gravel started off okay for the first 8km or so, but then we had 15kms or so of very rough gravel. Peter was in his element, and Lois is wondering if she might like to start mountain bike riding when she returns home – crazy lady!
By midday our goal was achieved – we had all ridden the last 83kms. What an exhilarating and emotional feeling that was.
Now will come reflection of the last 12 or so days. Remembering all the wonderful places we saw and the beautiful, happy and resilient people of Cambodia and Vietnam. We thank them for letting us share their world.