Our final morning in Vietnam started warm as usual as we breakfasted in Ha Tien and then readied our luggage (made larger for some by the amount of shopping indulged in) and ourselves to cross the border into Cambodia.

After what seemed like a long time filling in forms and handing over passports, we farewelled our Vietnam crew and met our Cambodian bike and tour guides.
Getting acquainted with our new bikes, we took off down a gravel road which offered up new challenges - mud, even larger potholes and lots of friendly locals who were luckily qute happy to share the road with us, and even ride alongside on their motorcycles for a chat.

As we rode on the small village gave way to a spectacular rural area, grazing cows and buffalo and even more friendly locals, who were keen to meet and greet us at our first stop after 10km. Dr Stephen was virtually mobbed by the local children but kept his cool and gave each of them a lot of attention, which earned him the Star of the Day award later that evening. Mr Joe and Peter seemed to baffle the kids with the 'cut my thumb off' trick - must be the cultural divide.

Luckily the weather was a bit kinder to us today - still very hot but not as much direct sun as yesterday which was a welcome change. After about 15km the gravel gave way to a nice wide road which took us in to Kep and a fantastic lunch for the hungry hordes. Later in the afternoon some of the group headed up the hill to the Verandah while others opted for a massage (highly valuable after three days of riding) before enjoying another delicious dinner where Stephen was named Star of the Day, Conor took over the mantle of Crossing Attendant and Deb became the latest Galah for her unexplained puncture during a rest stop.

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