So following an overnight stop at the Cambodian town of Kompong Cham, we finally arrived at Siem Reap, the capital of the ancient Khmer dynasties. The kind bus company arranged a nice friendly taxi to collect us and escort us to the hotel in town, Mr Lucky was his name, he even has his own website! He turned out to be anything but a lucky find as he insisted that we stay at his friend's hotel and use only his taxi service etc. Because there were 4 of us (us two, Lydie and Richard), he immediately saw dollar signs and would not take no for an answer, even though we said it repeatedly. Anyway, we managed to escape his grasp and found a nice new hotel with a very good taxi driver for the trips around
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