Let me preface this by emphasizing that Lizzie and I are not insane. We merely thought it would be fun to travel from Bangkok to Siem Reap, Cambodia, via bus. Bus here means 5 hour bus journey, followed by tuk tuk, followed by trip to the con artist visa office, getting ripped off, walking to the real visa office, getting on another bus, then a 2 hour taxi. I am very tired. The initial bus journey was actually rather pleasant. And even more exciting were the free snacks you get on board! You don’t get that on the National Express, I tell you. Our delight at the free snacks came to an abrupt halt. Scam artists notoriously operate at the Cambodian border, and in our case the tuk tuk we took from the bus stop to
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