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2004-09-14 16:27:39

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is that it serves French breads on the markets. As a former French colony you can have French breads with various toppings: pate, sausages, vegetables. The next day we cycle still over a gravel road to Sisophon. We are cycling to Pnom Penh via Battambang (southern route) and are actually heading for some days at the beach. Half way the morning we meet a food stall that supplies French breads. We order two, but before we can tell the man that we don’t want any toppings it’s already on there. This looks strange, what is it? After the first bite we know… coconut ice cream!! Actually it tastes quite well, bread with ice-cream. We pay with the Cambodian Riel and receive a combination of dollars and baht and riel as our change. After Sisophon the road gets better, it's almost asphalted till Pnom Penh, except for some 55km that is still under construction. The road is actually rather busy, every couple of minutes a long heavy truck with rice bags or a speeding tuk-tuk passes us. The long lorries don’t drive that fast, but are the worst. The 8 wheels at the back of the truck passes us slowly while it generates a lot of dust on the not asphalted road parts. We have cut scarf's from our thin blankets which we bought in Uzbekistan. The pattern with roses doesn't show the dirt that well , but when we wash them in the evening the sink looks as red as the road. Raymond lost his bicycle glasses and is cycling behind me so he can watch the backside of my wheel where he needs to go when another couple of trucks is passing us. The accommodation in Cambodia is quite good to our surprise thanks to all the UN personnel that tries to help developing this country, almost every guesthouse has the option of hot shower, air-conditioning or TV. We stick to the fan + bed so we don't get spoiled too much before going back to Thailand.

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