Why this ride
From Phnom Penh it runs 174 km to Phnom Penh; allow about 2 h 32 of riding. On the way it passes Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of, Former M-13 prison and back through Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Phnom Penh day out · Former M-13 prison
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 174 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 32
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh sits where three great rivers meet, the Mekong, the Tonle Sap and the Bassac, and the confluence is known in Khmer as Chaktomuk, the four faces. The city is Cambodia's capital and by far its biggest, with about one and a half million people, and it has an energy that arrives in stages: first the heat, then the noise, then the smell of charcoal smoke, frangipani and river mud. The riverfront promenade at dusk, with families on the pavement, food carts and the golden roofs of the Royal Palace, is one of the great evenings of Southeast Asia.
Read the complete Phnom Penh write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Phnom Penh is where the day begins. Next is Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of.
2. Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of
West of Phnom Penh, the flat rice plain begins to roll into low hills, and the land of Kampong Speu opens out in a scatter of sugar palms, small farms and monasteries. This is the province of palm sugar, tapped from the toddy palms by climbers who go up the trunks twice a day, and the roadsides are lined with stalls selling blocks of it, along with fresh coconuts and fruit. The region is quiet and rural, with a way of life that has hardly changed in decades, and the sense of a different Cambodia from the capital's crowds.
Read the complete Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of comes up about 88 km into the recorded legs. Next is Former M-13 prison.
3. Former M-13 prison
Planning note
about 89 km into the recorded legs you reach Former M-13 prison. Next is back through Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of.
4. back through Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of, late in the day. Next is Phnom Penh.
5. Phnom Penh
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Phnom Penh write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Phnom Penh. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Phnom Penh to Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of
Phnom Penh → Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of is 88 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of to Phnom Penh
back through Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of → Phnom Penh is 86 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
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