As some of you know, I’m in Singapore and just about to head off to Cambodia for 2-weeks off-road touring with GlobalEnduro. I “won” the trip at the Dakar Team GB charity auction after holding my hand up too long
I’ve hardly a clue what to expect, other than this is the more advanced “return” trip to Cambodia that they usually only offer to riders who’ve already done their more normal CamboEnduro with which usually includes more site seeing etc. This time there’s more jungle camping at the least, including being advised to bring a mosquito-net hammock :blink:
We’ve also got the pleasure of Craig Bounds and Tamsin Jones of Black Desert Training coming - who I’m very grateful gave me some emergency off-road tution last weekend in Wales …
I gather we’re stopping off for one day at least in Angkor Wat - which I’ve always wanted to see.
Finally, by amazing coiincedence James and Cat Rix should be getting to Cambodia too at around the same time on their motorbike ride to Australia. http://jamesandcat.com Last time I saw them was in Georgia when they joined us for some of our London-Tashkent ride across Turkey. It will be great to hear how theyve been getting on in person.
If you’d like to follow the trip, I’m planning to use my Spot Tracker and the map should update here -
I’ve been back 3 or 4 weeks now, but taken quite a while to recover (including nasty Cambodian gut bug that most people got). Cambodia was amazing, though very tough and hot to ride in … and even more so when you’re “new” to off-roading like me. Some of the toughest days in my life so far even.
Turned out most of the other riders were either very experienced (enduro racers etc!), or had been to Cambodia before and wanted something even more “extreme”.
One of the guys has created some Go-Pro2 videos, which have some amazing footage I thought you might like. Two of the videos were blocked by YouTube for music rights, but now only 1 is. You can view the video in full HD, by maximizing the video window and changing “quality” to 1080p.
