Day 18 - 12.08.15 - Bangkok to Siem Reap

We caught a minibus at 8am this morning which took us all the way to the Thailand-Cambodia border. It barely had air conditioning and we were all squared up in the back of the minibus, so it was quite uncomfortable!! The minibus dropped us 2 minutes away from the border. We were taken into a restaurant and then into a small dubious room. They asked us to show our visas. We then had to pay 100Baht each for a arrival and departure card for Cambodia. We are still trying to work out whether we were scammed or not.....

They then drove us to the border, where we had to get out of the bus and listen to a speech on how we were all going to get robbed (apparently the atm's steal our credit cards, and everyone charges us extra if we want to exchange money or pay with dollars). We decided to ignore this advice and are yet to find out if this was a good move or a bad one. We then ha to walk across the border, and complete the backwards passport control whilst standing in a human oven. Another bus (this was airconditioned) to the bus station and we waited for 2 hours for everyone to assemble and yet another bus to arrive!! Thankfully this was the last bus we had to catch and would take us the whole way to Siem Reap. The air conditioning was promised to be amazing, it is in fact awful. We have to be on this bus for 3 and a half hours and then find our hostel when we arrive. Wish us luck!!!

Cambodia is very flat and green and exactly what you'd imagine South East Asia to look like, and is shown on TV. One of the most striking things about it, is it is full of poverty, much more so than Malaysia and Thailand. There are also a lot more cows. 

We have now arrived at our hostel - The Siem Reap Hostel. Off to bed!