Road trip- Siem Reap, Sisophon, Battambang Most travellers in Cambodia stick to the popular tourist towns and only travel via organised buses. We thought it would be fun to get our own bike and plan our own road trip starting in Siem Reap, going West to Sisophon and then South to Battambang. Having spent 4 nights in Siem Reap it was nice to be on the road, away from the swarms of tourists and seeing more of the real Cambodia. The bike gives you so much freedom, and the opportunity to immerse yourself in new situations. Riding towards Sisophon we saw: live pigs crammed into small carts, chickens hanging upside from the back of motorbikes, bikes crammed with families, tractors, and many extremely overloaded vehicles transporting goods. The roads have only been built in the past
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