The Travels of That Man, Matt

Category: Cambodia

  • Day 33: Gran Canaria!?

    Having left Chiang Mai behind, it’s Siem Reap for a few days. My flight from Bangkok was delayed and I was a bit worried about getting through visa processes and immigration in time for my booked transfer from the airport (the new airport is quite some distance from the city), but all worked out.

    Siem Reap

    … is not quite what I expected. Yes it has a night market and a “Pub Street” but also a smattering of rainbow bars, one of which (Bar Code, familiar to some from Europe) had an entertaining drag show going on.

    I don’t have the time or patience right now to add pictures (since it’s already a day ago when I’m writing this), but will do later.

    (Edit: here you go)

    Tomorrow (today, actually), is first day of two in the ancient city of Angkor and its surroundings. I’ll do a joint post for that with about a million pictures.

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  • The plan.

    The plan.

    It’s a six-week journey. Mostly in Vietnam, but jumping into Cambodia to see Angkor Wat and then finishing with a few days in Singapore.

    This map gives an idea of my route. But all things are variable, I’m not too tightly tied to being in particular places and particular times – except for flights, of course…

    Red lines are flights. Blue lines are buses. Turquoise lines are trains. Pink lines are motorbikes.

    I start in Hanoi, but get there via HCMC. Then I head to Ha Giang for the relatively well-known loop through the uplands there. Tet, the Vietnamese new year happens while I’m there so all bets may be off after that.

    After a quick overnight in Hanoi I’m off to Hue, Da Nang and Hoi An.

    From Da Nang I’ll pick up another motorbike and ride part of the Ho Chi Minh Road, up to Phong Nha (supposedly the best biking road in Vietnam).

    Then reverse direction and go back on myself down to Kon Tum and Da Lat. Last part in Vietnam is to stay in HCMC for a few days.

    A quick hop to Siem Reap to take in (and around) Angkor Wat, before rounding off things with a couple of days in Singapore.

    Rough idea. Tap to enlarge.

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