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<blockquote data-quote="nikhuzlan" data-source="post: 617059" data-attributes="member: 19744"><p><strong>Day 21, 26april2011.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>Korat was an impromptu stop and we saw nothing did nothing but just slept for the night. The next morning we left early in search of breakfast. </strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00001.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Breakfast. Noodles. We also called home as we decided we will again be returning to KL from Siem Reap. Got the wife to book me the necessary.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00011.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Nice to be back on Thai roads - never knew I'd say that, but at the same time missing the rural environment of Laos.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00029.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00037.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We stopped for some food about 120km from Aranyaprathiet. </strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00046.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Saw an interesting artifact, and noticed a number of ladies wearing smaller replicas as some form of amulet. </strong></p><p><strong>Surely it has something to do with fertility I assume. </strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00047.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We passed this row of monks walking along the highway</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00073.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00076.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Filling up before entering Cambodia.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00128.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Paid them USD10 to hurry us through the border.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00135.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Immigration was a breezy affair</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00143.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00147.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Stood in line at the Cambodian Immigration side when this American told us not to crowd him. We just ignored him.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00152.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>I was told that there is no real need to declare our bikes but I did so anyway, </strong></p><p><strong>just for the experience. Met this pleasant Customs officer. Border crossing was only 45 minutes.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00156.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Dusty Poipet.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00161.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We saw this hotel and checked in. usd25.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00162.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Secure parking behind the hotel.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00163.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Room was clean but a thin film of dust formed even after a quick wipe of the surface. </strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00166.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>We only rode 250km because its my first time crossing into Cambodia from Thailand. </strong></p><p><strong>Had I known that the crossing was so hassle free, and that the 145km road from the border to </strong></p><p><strong>Siem Reap was smooth tarmac, we would not have stopped at Poipet. </strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Just a border town with a Casino on the Cambodian side 50 metres from the Immigration turnstile. Mainly serving the Thais, </strong></p><p><strong>the Casino / Hotel initially started on one side of the road but was rebuilt over the road itself turning it into a larger complex.</strong></p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00179.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Our Route Today</p><p><img src="http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/Untitled-7poipet.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>END Day 21, 26april2011.</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nikhuzlan, post: 617059, member: 19744"] [b]Day 21, 26april2011.[/b] [b]Korat was an impromptu stop and we saw nothing did nothing but just slept for the night. The next morning we left early in search of breakfast. [/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00001.jpg[/img] [b]Breakfast. Noodles. We also called home as we decided we will again be returning to KL from Siem Reap. Got the wife to book me the necessary.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00011.jpg[/img] [b]Nice to be back on Thai roads - never knew I'd say that, but at the same time missing the rural environment of Laos.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00029.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00037.jpg[/img] [b]We stopped for some food about 120km from Aranyaprathiet. [/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00046.jpg[/img] [b]Saw an interesting artifact, and noticed a number of ladies wearing smaller replicas as some form of amulet. Surely it has something to do with fertility I assume. [/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00047.jpg[/img] [b]We passed this row of monks walking along the highway[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00073.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00076.jpg[/img] [b]Filling up before entering Cambodia.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00128.jpg[/img] [b]Paid them USD10 to hurry us through the border.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00135.jpg[/img] [b]Immigration was a breezy affair[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00143.jpg[/img] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00147.jpg[/img] [b]Stood in line at the Cambodian Immigration side when this American told us not to crowd him. We just ignored him.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00152.jpg[/img] [b]I was told that there is no real need to declare our bikes but I did so anyway, just for the experience. Met this pleasant Customs officer. Border crossing was only 45 minutes.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00156.jpg[/img] [b]Dusty Poipet.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00161.jpg[/img] [b]We saw this hotel and checked in. usd25.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00162.jpg[/img] [b]Secure parking behind the hotel.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00163.jpg[/img] [b]Room was clean but a thin film of dust formed even after a quick wipe of the surface. [/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00166.jpg[/img] [b]We only rode 250km because its my first time crossing into Cambodia from Thailand. Had I known that the crossing was so hassle free, and that the 145km road from the border to Siem Reap was smooth tarmac, we would not have stopped at Poipet. Just a border town with a Casino on the Cambodian side 50 metres from the Immigration turnstile. Mainly serving the Thais, the Casino / Hotel initially started on one side of the road but was rebuilt over the road itself turning it into a larger complex.[/b] [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/fb20110425NakhonRatchasima00179.jpg[/IMG] Our Route Today [IMG]http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k229/nikhuzlan/General/20110423%20JW%20pt3/Untitled-7poipet.jpg[/img] [b]END Day 21, 26april2011.[/b] [/QUOTE]
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