Archive for the ‘mountain biking’ Category
Wednesday, September 5th, 2012
This is a great 14 day soft adventure by mountain bike that is guaranteed to depart in November. It will take you to the capital, Phnom Penh, down to the coast in Kep, Kampot and Sihanoukville, to Cambodia's second city, Battambang, and finally to see the great temples of Angkor ...
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Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Cyclists and adventure holiday seekers from all over the world are being invited to sign up to the Angkor Wat Bike Race & Ride presented by CIMB Bank.
The event, organised by Village Focus International, will take place on Saturday 3rd December, and allows travellers to experience Siem Reap's magical temple ...
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Monday, May 30th, 2011
Last chance to join a great 10 day mountain bike adventure, starting in Vietnam's northern capital, Hanoi, passing through the spectacular, mountainous border region with China, and ending in Luang Prabang, the ancient World Heritage city in Northern Laos.
The ride starts in Hanoi on 05 June and culminates in Luang ...
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Tuesday, March 8th, 2011
Nice appraisal from this French family from Japan who undertook a Mekong River Explorer trip, finishing this week:
From: Marie-Cécile Conilh de Beysac
Subject: thank you
Date: 6 March 2011 20:02:48 GMT+07:00
To: Christopher Gow
We have only have one word : wonderful ! One of our best trip.
Thank ...
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Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
See yesterday's Guardian newspaper in the UK...
As I kayaked down the Mekong river, a couple of humps slunk out of the water about 10 metres ahead. Then a couple more to the left, and more to the right, before I finally realised that I was at the centre of a ...
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Friday, March 5th, 2010
We have added some scheduled, join-in departures for this great mountain bike ride through the volcanic island of Flores, eastern Indonesia. We have also managed to keep the costs down so no change from last year.
See here for update, or here for some pics from Tim Peterson & Louise Nielsen ...
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
By THOMAS FULLER
Published in The New York Times: January 18, 2010
SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA — Bullet by bullet, workers removed the detritus of Cambodia’s past. They pulled 300 land mines and 30,000 rounds of ammunition from the red dirt and then laid down a thick layer of asphalt. Today, what would ...
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Monday, January 18th, 2010
Here are the first pictures in from Tim Peterson's and Lousie Neilson's moutain bike ride through the stunning Indonesian island of Flores.
Here is what they had to say about it...
Hi Christopher, Indonesia was fantastic. The trip went off without a hitch. The people, the cycling, the diving, the boat, all ...
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Thursday, October 22nd, 2009
Cambodia is amazing for exploring on a mountain bike, whether you are an experienced biker or not. This is mainly because it is still very underdeveloped with few black-top roads... extremely rural in a way that makes Thailand look like a shopping mall. And... flat! But it is changing quickly ...
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