Jobless Wanderers; Thailand, Laos & Cambodia Tour 2011.

[EuJax]

Dear Nikhuzlan,

Thanks for sharing your wonderful adventure. My utmost respect to you and your biker friends. Truely meaningful and lively. The photo of the little girl is the best, so natural and real. Thanks again for sharing, much appreciated.

Its something I like to do someday with my friends...hope we will have the time and money by then.




Regards

 

[nikhuzlan]

Day 24, 29april2011

Preferred mode of transport was a tuk tuk we hired to take us around. Weng is a Champa Muslim and at 49
he was in his teens during the Khmer Rouge Rule.
He lost both parents and a sister. He surviced as he was given refuge by an officer in the army, who was sympathetic to his plight.

We went straight to the Angkor Complex.

I was impressed by how articulate the street children were, full of wit and charm as they pursuaded us to be their trinkets.

The balloon will be a good way to see Angkot Wat.

Angkor Wat.

We stayed till the sun went down

We met a Singaporean and two Malaysians who rode their kapcais ( 150cc moped ) 2,200km to get here.

We also met Juan, a Spaniard riding RTW from Barcelona.

Day 24, 29april2011

 

[nikhuzlan]

Day 25, 30april2011

Back to Kuala Lumpur for a week.

We stored our bikes yesterday at the Hotel covered carpark. Great secure parking. Ly, the Concierge was ever helpful.

Our by now regular tuk tuk driver was waiting to take us to the airport.

On board the Air Asia A320 which does 8km a minute, reaching Kuala Lumpur in slightly over 90 minutes.

KL Break.

Went for a ride with the BMW MOTORRAD Club to my favorite haunt, Genting Highlands.
This time we had Morgan Parker joining us. He's on a charity mission, riding from Vietnam to Australia on a F800GS.
A TV crew follows him. A video of his ride is anticipated to be aired this year.

We all went to Batu Caves, a famous **** Temple in KL.

Then we rode through Ulu Yam for some rural shots

The twisties of Genting

On my way home, I dropped by my former colleague's wedding.

The couple of days passed very quickly and May 7th found me in Malaysia Airlines B737 Business Class flying back to Siem Reap.
Kuala Lumpur as the plane climbs out. S90 shot out of the cockpit left window.

The east coast of Malaysia passed underneath after 40 minutes, and at the current speed of 800km/h Siem Reap is about one hour away.

BizClass was empty, so the stewardess had nothing much to do.

Back in the cockpit, the pilots are busy preparing for descend and approach.

Tonle Sap from 16,000ft.

Arranged for Ivan to join me in the cockpit.

Landing at Siem Reap.

One more night in Siem Reap. Tomorrow we start our journey home.

 

[nikhuzlan]

Day26, 8may2011

Our journey home begins this morning.

The same parched landscape greeted us as we made our way to the border.

We headed for Bangkok to meet Simon and Lisa. We also met with 'tiny', whom we know from ADV website.

We all stayed at the nice cosy motel about 10km from Svarnabumi.

Our Route