Nakhon Ratchasima to Sisophon, Cambodia.

Over the past 2 days we've travelled by bus from Nakhon Ratchasima in Thailand to Aranyaprathet at the Thai Cambodian border.  A distance of 255kms.  Before we left the bus terminal I quickly took a photo of one of the buses that had suffered from the dreaded white powder that is thrown at, and on everyone during the Songkran water festival.  I was glad to get my bike on the bus and to get on the road.

The bus trip wasn't too bad, nice and comfortable reclining seats, with a driver who took his time and didn't do anything stupid behind the wheel.

We arrived at the border mid afternoon and booked into the Aran Mermaid Hotel Aranyaprathet. It cost 27 dollars for a nice room with an air con that rattles, no WiFi in the room and no English channels on the TV.  How disastrous.

Since there was no English channels I watched Jack Reacher on my laptop.  It stars  Tom Cruise and it wasn't too bad.  A good night's sleep was interrupted by a bout of the stomach virus.  Everything I ate last night went straight through me.  

For breakfast today all I was game to eat was some toast and coffee.

We left our hotel around 8am and rode the 6kms to the border.  Surprisingly we were through both Thai and Cambodian immigration within the hour.  We rode through the town of Poipet and headed to Sisophon some 50kms away.

I could feel my stomach churning from the time I got on the bike and the day was starting to heat up.  Today was the day I really needed some cloud cover to keep the temperature down.  I drank heaps of fluid during the ride but as the water got hotter in the bottle it was making me sick.  

With about 10kms to Sisophon I was digging deep to keep up to Len.  I could see him in the distance, but I couldn't afford to push any harder and destroy myself and therefore make tomorrow's 105km trip just about impossible.

As I stopped for some water, I came across some gorgeous children who had to be photographed. 

 

I kept this receipt as the young girl that served as still hasn't conquered her English.  Pick the error.  All I wanted was a coke.

Now back to the ride.  Finally we made it to town and found a hotel next to the one we stayed at earlier in the holiday.  Actually we both missed this one last time.  We booked into a nice room for 15 dollars, with air con, WiFi and heaps of English channels.  This is living.

After a 3 hour break in my room with the stomach issues, Len and I went next door for another drink and some awesome cookies.  At this stage they're still inside me and that's a good sign.

Tonight will be a light meal, and hopefully I'll feel great for the final ride of the tour tomorrow.  We have a 105km ride to Siem Reap, and we're done.

Until tomorrow, safe riding.