Ranjith on Wheels
Chapter 04 of 24 — South and Southeast Asia

Cambodia

12.57° N · 104.99° E

Buddhism shaped every day.

Ranjith and a fellow cyclist with their loaded touring bicycles, surrounded by local children, outside a temple in Cambodia
Crossing 3 → 4

The road into Cambodia

Indicative route
Location
Cambodia
Coordinates
12.57° N · 104.99° E
From
Vietnam
Chapter
4 of 24
The discovery

What Cambodia revealed.

Daily life

Temple chants echoed through small villages at every turn.

The people

What stayed with him in Cambodia.

Cambodia12.57° N · 104.99° EMemory 01
Frame 01The monasteriesChildren were sent to monasteries to learn discipline and meditation.
The signature moment

Angkor Wat

A Hindu temple to Vishnu that later became Buddhist, with a hidden shrine to Shiva inside — the chapter's centrepiece.

Visual interpretation

Credits

The Indian Cyclist — A Journey for Generations, pp. 93–96

Leaving Cambodia

Cambodia, behind us.

Chapter 4 is ridden. The road ahead turns toward Thailand.

Indicative route
Behind
Cambodia
Ahead
Thailand
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