We (Alex, Jeff and I) have left Bangkok with much heartache and have now entered Cambodia. For the first time on this trip I’m actually somewhere new, somewhere that I have to figure out from scratch. Finally! Real travel! To enter Cambodia overland from Thailand we took a bus to the border town of Aranya Prathet. That part of the journey was fantastic: cheap, easy and hassle-free. The only hitch occurring when Alex left his wallet in the seat of the bus. Fear not, he did get it back, but only after suggesting to the bus driver that he call the police to report the loss. All of a sudden the driver did a second pass through the bus and lo-and-behold , he found the wallet. What a surprise. From there to the border was a
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