We travelled from Krabi 2 full days to finally arrive in the Kingdom of Cambodia! What a long and interesting journey that was. After arriving Bangkok, we took the early train leaving at 05:55 (!) to the border of Cambodia, a 6 hours trip on a hard wooden bench. The wooden floor and fans on the ceiling are classic. No wonder that this train cost us less than 2,5 $ for two tickets!
The last bit to the border goes by tuk-tuk and there we have been presented a high quality scam. All tuk-tuks running from the train station leave visitors at what appears to be an official "Cambodian Visa Office" on the Thai side. Nine out of ten people went in the office and were ripped off at least 20$, as it is only possible to buy the real Cambodian visa on the Cambodian side of the border! We were amazed to see how good this scam works and felt lucky we did some investigation before!
In total we spent 3,5 hours waiting to get out of Thailand and into Cambodia, arriving 2,5 bus hours later in Siem Reap. We catched a nice sunset over Cambodian fields while driving to town. We were very tired, but we still wanted to have dinner with our friends in town, as they were leaving the other day for Koh Chang. Meeting them at Khmer BBQ restaurant and sharing experiences was very nice! We couldn't keep up with their drinking skills for too long and went back to our guest house for a long rest. Ooopss, we had an unexpected guest on the top of our door waiting for us :).
The coming days is all about exploring Siem Reap with the temples of Angkor Wat at the top of the list!
The last bit to the border goes by tuk-tuk and there we have been presented a high quality scam. All tuk-tuks running from the train station leave visitors at what appears to be an official "Cambodian Visa Office" on the Thai side. Nine out of ten people went in the office and were ripped off at least 20$, as it is only possible to buy the real Cambodian visa on the Cambodian side of the border! We were amazed to see how good this scam works and felt lucky we did some investigation before!
In total we spent 3,5 hours waiting to get out of Thailand and into Cambodia, arriving 2,5 bus hours later in Siem Reap. We catched a nice sunset over Cambodian fields while driving to town. We were very tired, but we still wanted to have dinner with our friends in town, as they were leaving the other day for Koh Chang. Meeting them at Khmer BBQ restaurant and sharing experiences was very nice! We couldn't keep up with their drinking skills for too long and went back to our guest house for a long rest. Ooopss, we had an unexpected guest on the top of our door waiting for us :).
The coming days is all about exploring Siem Reap with the temples of Angkor Wat at the top of the list!
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