Date: Wednesday 19th Oct
Format: No Ride
Hotel: Provided
Summary: Arrive in Phnom Penh by the evening, check in to the hotel, build your bike, collect your kit, meet the gang and be ready to set off at 7am on Thursday 19th
Date: Thursday 20th Oct.
Distance: Approximately 140km
Format: Out and back ride
Food: Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks/drinks are provided throughout the day
Hotel: Provided
Summary: We are looking to ride with a couple or local cycling clubs, number of PP based clubs with lunch provided at the halfway point. Riding with the local clubs is a great honour and is fantastic to see so many locals joining us
Date: Friday 21st Oct
Distance: Approximately 200km (early start)
Format: Phnom Penh to Pursat
Food: Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks/drinks are provided throughout the day
Hotel: Provided
Summary: Depart early (5-5.15am) for a 200kms ride through the Cambodian towns and countryside to Pursat. After 200km in the saddle we arrive at a very pleasant hotel for the night. There is a pool where we can all unwind and relax the limbs and lubricate the throats
Date: Saturday 22nd Oct
Distance: Approximately 110km
Format: Pursat to Battambang
Food: Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks/drinks are provided throughout the day
Hotel: Provided
Summary:A pleasant ride right into the HOPE centre. For those of you joining us for the first time, we are met on the outskirts of Battambang and escorted to the centre where we are met with a huge Cambodian welcome and where speeches and awards are given. It is both emotional and rewarding. From the ceremony we will head to a local hotel where we will shower and box our bikes and then bus back to Siem Reap in preparation for the HOPE Gala night
Summary: On the Saturday evening we have all been invited to a Gala dinner held by the trustees of the charity in honour of the 10 years of HIRO to recognise all that has been achieved by the HIRO crews over the last 10years… and of course nothing like a few beers to celebrate a great achievement.
Date: Sunday 23rd Oct
Format: No Ride Day
Food: Breakfast
Hotel: Not Provided
Summary: Leisurely breakfast, pack up and head back to Siem Reap airport for departure