Lehmanbros

I wanted to do Siem Reap the alternative way...so, instead of flying straight into the country proper, I decided to be an ass and crossed the Aranyapathet-Poipet border into Cambodia. From Bangkok, Aranyaprathet took about 4-5 hours of bus-ride to reach. I took the public bus at the Northern Bus Terminal in Bangkok to Aranyapathet for about 160 Baht (?). Reached Aranyaprathet at around evening. I was told to be extra careful when there...good advice...the place just looked extremely "hazy". It also did not help that I was travelling solo and searching for a hostel I had in mind but no tuk-tuk drivers had even heard of....anyway, when I finally found the hostel, it reminded me of some horror movies...I'm pretty sure that this hostel was converted from a very rundown school....and I was given one ... read more

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