Up early and a bit of a walk around the property to get the body moving
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Backtracked the 6 or 7 kilometres back into Yangpteoung and to the art museum to find the checkpoint. I had ordered a book with information about the trail a few months before and screenshotted the information re the checkpoints. Information was the booth was in the north-east corner of the property. Took it way too literally and couldn't find the damn thing. Fortunately, technology came to the rescue, I had joined a 4 Rivers trail facebook group, so asked for help in there. Directions given, just had to lift my vision a bit, booth was on a bit of a rise across a carpark at the back of the museum.
[ATTACH=full]338561[/ATTACH]Also realisation dawned that had I chosen the fork in the path that went to the left the day previous, I would have been led straight to this booth.
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Back tracking and finding the booth had probably taken a little over an hour, but soon enough was back in a nice cadence on the bike. Very scenic and calming, photos don't do the scenery and tranquility justice.
[ATTACH=full]338563[/ATTACH] First major incline I had come across, and as this was a marathon rather than a sprint, quite happy to hop off and push.
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After an hour and a half os so, stopped by the river for a coffee break and to take in the serenity.
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