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Welcome to my office The blog has been severely neglected. People e-mail me all the time: "The last update was from months ago! Where are you? Are you okay!?!" It does get updated. Just slowly. Like the way we travel... Now that we've got some free time, I try to catch up on the picture...

As you can tell from the pictures, Neda never lets anything trivial like a sprained ankle stop her from doing a steep hike Others (not naming any names), can come up with any number of reasons not to go hiking. "Can't hike today. Still bummed that the Leafs haven't won a Stanley Cup in a...

Updated from http://www.RideDOT.com/rtw/389.html We've been craving a place to settle down for a while now. But that Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) has kept us moving until we just got completely sick of traveling. If you had talked to Neda about travel anytime during these last couple of...

Hey, look who also showed up in Chiang Mai! Our fellow nomadic friends, Yaw and Hélène! We missed them the last time they flew through Bangkok, but now we've got a chance to hang out with them in Thailand! They're in town for a month doing that digital nomad thing, so we've got a social circle...

Neda finally has time to work on her cross-stitching. She's almost finished her latest project! Although we are tired of riding, we aren't tired of talking about it, or meeting other motorcycle travelers! There's a motorcycle bar in town, and every year they host an evening get-together...

More delicious Thai food All across the city, we see these baby elephant statues, painted in different colours They're a part of an art project called the Elephant Parade. It's the world's largest collection of painted baby elephants. 89 of these statues are stationed all around the city. In...

BMW riders can be such snobs! :D I think there was a Thai Big Bike club staying at the same hotel we were in. They brought their own signs... In hot climates, you put a piece of cardboard or cloth over the seat otherwise it's baked buns when you hop back on your bike after it's been sitting in...

The new king's face is adorned on shrines everywhere in Thailand Christmas tree in the lobby of our hotel Because we've been in Kohn Kaen before, we know all the good places to eat! Aside from the peppercorn crab in Kep, Cambodian food was unremarkable. There are a lot more tastier options...

Updated from http://www.RideDOT.com/rtw/388.html The yo-yo is coiling back up the string, returning to the hand that spun it out so long ago. For non-nomadic travelers, every trip is a loop. Whether by motorcycle, car or plane, you always go back to the place you started. Just like a yo-yo...

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Some music, some slap-stick comedy, very entertaining! And then more eye-popping aerial gymnastics! Tomorrow we leave Cambodia and re-enter Thailand. Then one final push and we'll be in Chiang Mai. Although we're really looking forward to the long, extended break, we're also a bit sad that...

Taditional Cambodian dance And then the circus begins! After what this country has been through, watching these kids fly through the air, I felt a bit proud to be supporting them in some way. Our admission fee and donations from sponsors allow 1,400 students a year to receive free schooling...

There are very few tourists walking around Battambang. It doesn't have the cosmopolitan appeal of Phnom Penh, nor the pull of the magnificent temples in Siem Reap, and it doesn't have the beaches that the sun-seeking Barangoes flock to in Sihanoukville. We like that a lot! A local restaurant...

Look what we found! It has a pool! We found another place a bit further from the centre of town, it was like a resort! Perfect, tranquil setting! Neda gets a chance to work on her cross-stitching. It looks like she's almost done! Wheeling the bike out to go in search of food

We found a stall that served some fluffy crepes with bean sprouts, chicken and vegetables stuffed inside. Although her English wasn't that good, the woman cooking was cracking jokes and making us LOL! Her English was much better than our Khmer, and it goes to show you don't need to master a...

Market in downtown Battambang Pulling a U-Boat in front of the fish Tentacles and insects, yummy!

Updated from http://www.RideDOT.com/rtw/387.html We wheel into the bustling city of Battambang feeling weary, dirty and exhausted. Did I mention we were tired as well? From here, it's merely a day's ride away from the Thai border and good thing too: our export license on our bike expires in...

Yes, she makes me laugh all the time too! :D

Bonus Blooper Reel at the end :)

We walked into a restaurant and because we didn't speak Khmer and were unable to read the menu, we just pointed at what other people were eating I have no idea what it was, some kind of stir fried meat and vegetables topped with a fried egg on top. It was delicious! And so glad they also had...