Thailand to Cambodia.

So after staying in our lovely shoe box in Trat we headed down to get a mini bus at 7 am to Chanthaburi where we were ambushed by taxi drivers and had to virtually run into the bus station.

Next we jumped on a coach to Aranyaprathet which was a bus ride and a half. For the first hour I swear the bus driver didnt top 30MPH as he stopped every mile or so to pick up more people. Then he suddenly just decided to put his foot down and we spent the rest of the journey clinging on as he over took mopeds, pick ups and even lorries at break neck speed! We eventually make it in one piece to the bus station where I endured the 'squat toilets''! We then jumped in a tuk tuk to the Thai-Cambodia boarder where the fun really started.

We were dropped off outside a Cambodia Visa place and told we had to búy it there for 1000 baht 20 quid/$30. But we were wise to the scams and I left Mike standing confused as I ran away, it takes him a while to get his bearings! Anyway we then managed to get through Thai customs where we managed to pick up a 'very helpful volunteer for the boarder crossing''. Had to pay the officials 100baht for an ''express passport service'' and our little friend was still following us. At this point we knew he was not just being helpful and would probably try to scam us at some point.

After having our fingerprints taken and getting into Cambodia (and picking up a nice South Korean guy to share the taxi) we got shuttled to the bus station (volunteer in tow) where we were advised to exchange our money for the local Cambodian Riel (at an outrageous exchange rate) so we wouldn''t seem like foreigners (I think our white skin and map are tell tail signs!) and get in a taxi which was double to price of the ones on the road. Anyway got the cheap taxi (Taxi driver had to pay volunteer a fee, HA!) and after an annoying 2 1/2 hour journey where taxi driver stopped to 1, pick up his mate, 2. get fuel and 3. have his car washed!!! he dropped us about a 5 min walk out of town where we were meant to get in one of his mates tuk tuks but we were stubborn and walked it.

The guest house room smelt funky and did not have hot water as promised so we got them to move us into a sweeter smelling one with a balcony, score! Siem Reap is great, even the floods aren't a problem (if you don''t mind being ankle deep in water all the time)

. And we bumped into Helen, who is a friend of Lisa's and she is going to show us the town this weekend! So stayed tuned for more Cambodian adventures! Love x