We started the day with a visit to another sombre memorial to the genocide committed by the Khmer Rouge. Choeung ek, was one of many ‘killing fields’ which ended the lives of millions of Cambodians during Pol Pots rule.
The ride today started off on the backroads again, but unfortunately it was a busy route so we spent the first hour dodging big trucks on a dusty potholed road. Once we turned off into the back roads the ride became more interesting. Children would run out to meet us, and we were waving and giving high fives constantly as we went past. We rode through many villages and the reaction was the same, with constant string of ‘hello hello’, ‘what is your name’ from the kids. The last part of the ride was the prettiest, as we traversed rice fields and then followed the lake around to Takeo.