Update-Day Five

Breakfast be such a simple thing, but not at the hotel in Kampong Chon! And in spite of there being only omelettes and coffee on the menu it still took 30 minutes to get something vaguely eggy and a rather curious yellow baguette. Colin was not having the best of mornings and his luminous green fanta didn't help.

So we were 30 minutes late on the off and then headed off to start a day that would see some significant personal targets achieved with Jill cycling 50km and and the rest of us cycling 87km.

The going was tough and hot pretty much all day. The morning we followed the Mekong River out of Kampong Cham eventually heading up a hill to a fantastic vantage point overlooking the river. The spot was a Buddist temple site with large plaster fruit, vegetables and animals. Surreal, but the temple itself was spectacular and lunch a welcome relief from the hill.

Off again and a hard hot and hilly run to lunch. Hardly the most picturesque site in the world- a temple amongst the detritus of a recent festival. Still Stef treated us to cheese and ham baguettes and we soon forget the flies. (well, almost!)

On then for another slug - 23 miles in total to a tired but satisfied end.

If only we could have stayed for the party at the site of our penultimate stop. If the party is to be as good as the speakers were large it'd be one not to miss.