Phnom Penh to Kampot
Phnom Penh to Kampot
Has the road got any better these last few months or am I better off taking the road vier Kep
Traveling by motorcycle
Traveling by motorcycle
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Re: Phnom Penh to Kampot
I drove it a few weeks ago, in a Pajero.
Lack of rain meant visibility was frequently low due to dust.
NR3 and 41
The road ‘works’ seemed never ending. I remember seeing a couple of folk wondering how they were going to get off the forecourt of one fuel station.
And then it got worse...
I only drove the route once before, last year, and subjectively, it’s unchanged. Rough, with a capital fooked. Less a road, more like an absence of anything else.
Lack of rain meant visibility was frequently low due to dust.
NR3 and 41
The road ‘works’ seemed never ending. I remember seeing a couple of folk wondering how they were going to get off the forecourt of one fuel station.
And then it got worse...
I only drove the route once before, last year, and subjectively, it’s unchanged. Rough, with a capital fooked. Less a road, more like an absence of anything else.
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Re: Phnom Penh to Kampot
Still "this is where the road used to be before it washed away"? Good grief.
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Re: Phnom Penh to Kampot
No, it's much better now than before.
Take 41, and it's perfect surface until km 93, then gravel for 3k to road 3 for the last 20km into kampot.
Road 3 is basically graded dirt for the final 20km into kampot, but it's at least smooth now compared to previously.
I did it three days ago on a roadbike in just over two hours.
Take 41, and it's perfect surface until km 93, then gravel for 3k to road 3 for the last 20km into kampot.
Road 3 is basically graded dirt for the final 20km into kampot, but it's at least smooth now compared to previously.
I did it three days ago on a roadbike in just over two hours.
Re: Phnom Penh to Kampot
Thanks did as you said pretty accurate took me over an hour from Riverside to road 41 , 41 is a good ride with mountain views rd3 much smoother but the dust is same cough coughJerry Atrick wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2019 3:49 pm No, it's much better now than before.
Take 41, and it's perfect surface until km 93, then gravel for 3k to road 3 for the last 20km into kampot.
Road 3 is basically graded dirt for the final 20km into kampot, but it's at least smooth now compared to previously.
I did it three days ago on a roadbike in just over two hours.
I'm standing up, so I must be straight.
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Re: Phnom Penh to Kampot
Smoothness changes pretty much weekly, and it also depends if it's been raining or not.
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Re: Phnom Penh to Kampot
I'm thinking about going back Phnom Penh vier Kep road 31 then 2 I'll miss the dust or mud and the hour of traffic from end of 41 to river side
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Re: Phnom Penh to Kampot
The first few out of Kep are slightly worse, but after that it's more pleasant, albeit a tiny bit longer.
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Re: Phnom Penh to Kampot
Yeah I drove it yesterday and it wasn't wet , the dust was horrendous. Not sure which would be worse wet or dry, people still drive like assholesBitte_Kein_Lexus wrote: ↑Fri Jul 12, 2019 5:46 pm Smoothness changes pretty much weekly, and it also depends if it's been raining or not.
Re: Phnom Penh to Kampot
CT mini bus on the 5th took 3.5hrs out past airport in PP onto the top of HW41 - good condition all the way - HW3 a lot better than a few months ago mostly finished making it wider down the Kampot end althoug still dirt. ( I went up the way early June all the way HW3 in a Highlander ... the road is underconstrucation nearly all the way until the taxi took a turn to the right to get onto that big wide 3 lane road into PP.)
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