Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Saigon to Phnom Penh - 6th December 2009

Woke up with a pumping headache and had to get packing for a bus to Cambodia. Thankfully checkout was at 11 – the other couple we had been drinking with had a tour planned and had to get up at 7am - don’t think we would have been able to make it!

Bus to Cambodia was 6 hours - which was not too bad as we had to stop at the border and get our visa’s – which worked out to be hassle free which was a relief as we had heard some horror stories.

We arrived in Phnom Penh just as it was getting dark and just at rush hour - we got a tuk tuk straight away and it was easily the scariest ride yet with the craziest driver. This is saying a lot as most of the time on a tuk tuk you take your life in your hands. We’d also read about bag snatching in Cambodia but when the driver tells you repeatedly to watch your bag (as tuk tuk can’t follow moto!) we were extra cautious. We got a room in a hotel on the 6th floor – after taking our bags up we were knackered – we went to the nearest place to eat and then headed back to the hotel for a well earned sleep.

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