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We completed our ride from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) in Vietnam to Siem Reap in Cambodia and finished at the world famous temple site at Angkor Wat. An amazing six day's cycling, with a few stops for ferries and interesting things to see, plus some bus and boat transfers to avoid major roads. We cycled 500 km or 311 miles averaging 52 miles per day in hot and humid conditions -32 degrees C in Vietnam rising to 38 degrees in Cambodia, but the 23 charity cyclists all finished reasonably unscathed. We had a wonderful time, meeting such friendly people in countries which have seen a lot of recent violence. We made great friendships and had many exciting experiences. Children shouted "hello" at every opportunity and gathered whenever we stopped. We ate porcupine, duck embryos, barbequed tarantulas, snake wine, loads of rice and noodles and other things we couldn't identify. We saw small motorbikes used to carry everything from whole families, to four large pigs, to a stack of mattresses, to half a ton of rice. We saw the horrors of the Vietnam War (there it's known as the American War) and of the Pol Pot massacres. We saw many magnificent temples. It's a fantastic part of the world.
