OK. I've had my visa approved. I've bought a plane ticket. Fly end of January 2022, arriving in Phnom Penh via Singapore. So, Covid Shenanigans permitting, I will rent a bike and do a big loop of the country. Surreal feeling after not having left the UK since 2019. Still much could go wrong: positive pre flight PCR test in UK or positive Covid test on arrival in PP. But, compared to the enforced Covid imprisonment of the last 27 months (yes, I am counting!) it's got to be worth a punt.....hasn't it?
Yet another bike trip? Is there any other worthwhile kind?? 30 day visa for Cambodia; most of which will be spent on a bike. I have a rough route planned out; but as with all plans, it won't survive first contact with reality. But, hey, that is a good thing. "Adventure" motorcycling is about adventure! Not hard and fast itineraries. I'd initially planned to join a tour group (shudder) but they stiffed me with the booking.......I am honestly relieved, it is a good thing as I'm much more of a solo rider; riding to my own agenda/route/itinerary. Who wants to spend their time with a bunch of middle aged, overweight white people overdosed on testosterone? It would be like looking in a mirror!! Feck that! They did me a favour. So, it's just me and the bike. Happy days!
Soundtrack: "Dopes to Infinity" - Monster Magnet
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