It takes four and a half hours to get to Poipet which is the town near the Thai/Cambodian border and we sleep and play backgammon and watch the world go by. At Poipet we transfer to a tuk tuk, our lovely friendly driver tries his best to sucker us into a very expensive visa scam however, these explorers have done their homework and we're having none of it. We later find out that the people who did fall for it paid more than three times the price for their visa, although thankfully it was legit when they got to the border.
Sadly, athough we knew about it we fell for the free shuttle bus scam which resulted in us getting very frustrated and not feeling too good about Cambodia. Anyhow, after arriving in Cambodia at 3pm local time we finally arrive in Siem Reap at 8pm.
We found a lovely little guest house immediately, the Bequest Angkor Guest House suited us down to the ground, cheap, clean, and fully wifi'd up.
Siem Reap is lovely and the hurtful memories of scams start to dissipate over a beer and lovely BBQ in the food square. I could get to like it here.
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