Phnom Penh is a relatively small city in terms of area. According to Wikipedia, it’s approximately 250 square miles large. (To give you some perspective, Denver is 155 square miles, LA is 470 square miles, NYC is 303 square miles).
It’s a dense city though, home to more than 2 million people, so its population density, at roughly 7,600 people per square mile, is on par with most of the major US cities. LA has a population density of 8,000 people per square mile, Denver has a population density of 4,000 people per square mile, Baltimore has a population density of 7,600 people per square mile.
All of this is to simply say that because of its relatively small size, Phnom Penh is a pretty bikeable city…but with the mid-day sun beating down on you and the intense heat and humidity suffocating you, even the shortest of bike rides leaves you dripping in sweat.
The solution? A moto of course. Continue reading
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