110km and the cyclings over

Last night we walked around Kampot and treated ourselves to a plate of french fries at the "Green Man" cafe. So good. We then went to dinner wuith the group at Rivitikitavi. A restaurant owned by a lovely german lady which was serving two for one cocktails (at about $3.50 average each). Needless to say we had a great night. It was Smeys birthday and we had chipped in a gotten him a lovley silk shirt and Adam has also bought him a blowup plastic rabbit. He was so chuffed.

We then all awent to a local Karaoke room. Smey had hired the room out for us. We had such fun. We were terrible, but Adam was diabolical. He has a beautiful voice but he does not know any of the songs but belted them out anyway. Wrong speed, wrong key, but it was fantastic. The Cambodian drivers and Smey and his fianc'e however were a different story. They had great voices and actually sang in tune.

Today was our last day cycling. We woke up to gale force winds and overcast weather. We headed our anyway though. Thankfully the winds died down and we took the trip in 15 to 20km bites. We had done 75km by lunch time and Smey decided we should take a back road. More hills, but less traffic than the main route. The hill climbs were the first that we have really encountered on the whole trip. There were lots od them, and the road just kept climbing all the way, with heaps of gravel patches in the middle. The training on the farm had really paid off as I managed to stay upright all the way. Needless to say we all blitzed them. After lunch in the hills we had another two bursts. Again all hills most of the way, until we had an awesome downhill to the coast. This was the point that Ben decided to enter the elite crash and burn club. Again He came off amazingly well. We have so been looked after this trip.

Coming to thwe coast was so amazing. We stopped to view the Gulf of Thailand for a while and then did the last 20 km into our Hotel at Sihanoukville. That was it we had done it, 500km. I can't explain the feeling really. So many of us have been through so much to get here, and here it was the end of the cycling part of our journey.

Sihanoukville is a coastal town which compared to the rest of the country is relatively new. Only being built in the 50's. It is different to the rest of the country rreally. Heaps more tourists and big hotels. There are lots of street kids and a more seedy undertone. It is the first place we have been told to keep a close eye on our stuff.

We went out for a lovely seafood dinner at a restaurant on the beach. We said our official goodbyes to the Raw Travel as several of them will be leaving us tomorrow when we get to Phnom Pehn. Then it was back to the hotel poolside for $2.50 cocktails. Yet another great day.