Day 7 (final 6th cycle day): Shorter cycle Siem Reap to Angkor Wat

Sadly, this was our final day cycling so was a short ride from our overnight hotel to the temples around Angkor Wat.

While I say sadly, some who have both been with me and also heard of the behind scenes stresses & struggles will question my sincerity ...
... there have been some great days, fabulous memories, great shared times with fellow riders, but there have been some massive struggles to the point of feeling like "chucking in the towel".
I'll elaborate:

Hugely to my surprise, temperature & humidity while riding isn't that much of a problem, yes you go through what feels like gallons of water & stuff to rehydrate and it appears very little comes out, but cycling makes your own breeze.
What is a problem is stopping, wow the body temp goes through the roof as soon as the moving air stops, it's caused one to collapse and pull out of that leg, however returned repaired the next day to press on (well done 👍) and me to almost black out but for the others coming to my rescue with cold water & cooling cloths.

The other problem is very much down to self-doubt, when it appears everyone else is fine and taking the challenge in their stride, while you feel like you're flagging with underperforming legs, painful ar*e (bottom) and lagging at the back so thinking you're holding everyone back; but again everyone mucks in to support, then when you see others struggling on a different day you step up & encourage them.

It was a huge challenge, but a huge privilege to have done it, successfully, and with everyones help raised a huge sum for Kidneys for Life -
- so thank everyone that not only supported me, but also those that supported my fellow Kidneys for Life cyclists.

Anyway ... I'll cut the chatter and give you a few photos of today 😉:-

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This is the rough route we followed, once we reached Angkor we cycled around the perimeter, had a stop to refresh our water, then were given a guided walk through by our extremely knowledgeable cycle guide leader Rith (what he doesn’t know I have no idea, planned & guided us across Cambodia then knows all about the temples & history).