Mountain bike tour @ Angkor complex

KKO, the non-profit organization I teach at, also runs a sewing class and a mechanic store as a learning school for young adults. They look for motivated students from the surroundings of Siem Reap via radio announcements and select the most patient and trustworthy ones.

Because an organization needs money to survive, or at least to pay the running costs, KKO also organizes mountain bike tours at the Angkor What temples for tourists (given by one of the students themselves). I'm always driven to try out everything, so I couldn't miss out on a tour with my own school :)

Vanessa, Maddy and I joined a group of Indian expats who currently live in Singapore (always interesting to meet people this way). Our journey was one hell of a ride! The morning tour till lunch was just perfect with the sun and the rural jungle paths we drove on in between the temples. No tourists, only nature and sometimes small hidden temples.

In the afternoon the atmosphere changed. It started raining really hard, but we didn't want to quit! So we kept going but half an hour later and liters of water later, we had to give up because it was impossible to keep biking in the spontaneous swimming pools. Besides this, one of the Indian people called Tiger, cut himself badly at a tree so he had to return to the hospital to get stitches. It was a pity that we had to stop our tour, but we enjoyed it a lot and most of all: it's was an unforgettable adventure!