In a world bound by rules and regulation there are very few places left where you can truly head off into the wilderness and ride your dirt bike where ever your heart desires .... except one place ...
CAMBODIA!!
For two years now we've been making an annual pilgrimage to Cambodia to explore the country totally off road and in the wild. Like most guys who have owned bikes throughout their life, the well know Long Way Round documentary series was a major motivator to go and do something different for our next ManCation, (Holiday with the lads).
It's all to easy to book your holidays and sit on a beach in Bali or Thailand and drink beer for a week and come home feeling like shit. Seeing nothing more than the inside of a few bars. My brother was the main man trying to rally boys together to do something we all love and do something a bit more challenging and exciting.
So after speaking to a few guys here in Hong Kong the recommendation to get dirty in Cambodia, came from some fellow bike lovers and all round party animals!
We were recommended
Siem Reap Dirt Bikes through some friends and boy are we glad we kicked off these adventures with Richard & Sophal, who own and run this dirt bike company based in Siem Reap Cambodia.
Richard is an ex Enduro Racer from the UK and Sophal is his right hand man and local Cambodian. Richard & Sophal make an awesome team to show you the adventure of a lifetime and they can cater for the highly experienced dirt biker or complete novice.
If you're serious about dirt biking in Cambodia then Siem Reap Dirt Bikes offers both KTM 250's and Honda XR 250's. The KTM dirt bikes are great for the experienced rider and the Honda XR 250's are a great reliable entry level bike for the novice that's easy to handle.
The one thing I can vouch for is that dirt biking in Cambodia is hard going and Richards bikes are always maintained to be running flawlessly. In the odd occasion that you may have a minor problem Richard will get it sorted out on the spot or at the next check point making riding nothing but a pleasure in this amazing country.
Come back soon and I'll post lots of stories and photo's from our Cambodian Dirt Bike tours.
