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On to Bangkok

Posted by goodearth | 27th October 2008

I decided to go by bus to Bangkok from Siem Reap. I would be picked up at the guesthouse and the stop in Bangkok was a short walk from the area I had selected (Khao San Road) to look for a hotel. There was a lot of information on the web of things to look for with a passage through Poipet, Cambodia border town to Thailand.
http://www.talesofasia.com/cambodia-overland-bkksr-self.htm None of it too comforting. The road on the Cambodian side is dirt and almost impassable in the wet season. I was traveling in the dry season, so it was very dusty and many deep ruts in the road and travel was slow. The travel agent said it would be a 45 passenger bus with air conditioning. However, I have learned that you can never rely on what you are told.

We were picked up by a minivan and taken to the departure point of the bus at 7:30AM. I was pleased to see an Irish couple from my guesthouse on the mini van with me. As

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