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In vietnam the train service is very good, but i think you have to buy a ticket for each leg of the trip, what i reccomend doing is to take a train from hanoi to nha trang, stopping along the way wherever you please, and from nha trang, take a motorcycle tour from nha trang through the central highlands to dalat. I took a 3 day tour through the central highlands and it was the best thing I did in vietnam, it cost me 50$ a day, including a driver, food and accomadation. if you want i can recommend a really good driver for you. as for busses in vietnam, I found that they were great, they have really comfortabel sleeper busses that do routes between all major cities, so whoever told you that they were bad must be a real softy....cambodia on the other hand is a different story.
the busses are much slowe and more uncomfortable, the roads are in pretty bad shape, but it is still bearable, maybe bring some earpluds as the drivers pretty much lean on the horn for the entire trip. the road from seim reap(angkor wat) to the thai border is definetly one of the worst roads in south east asia. it is unpaved and full of huge potholes and dips. I took a bus from bangkok to the cambodia border, then jumped in the back of a pickup truck from the border to seim reap, i dont know if this is possible going the other way.... i believe that july/august is the raining season in cambodia, so the road between seim reap and the thai border may be virtually impassible, in that case you whould have to fly😞, anyway if you have anymore questions feel free to ask!
john Reply to this

Hi.

I went from Siem Reap to Cambodia in Dec'06. It costs me about US$10 to get a bus ticket but like what John said earlier, the journey was the most uncomfortable journey I have been on. I took a bus from about 7am in the morning and reached Bangkok at around 10pm with a couple of stops in between. It is actually quite difficult to see the road while you are on the bus because it is really too dusty.

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Thanks Guys, this info is a big help!......as we're not sure what dates we'll be leaving Cambodia is it easy to book a flight from Cambodia to Bangkok when you arrive in Cambodia or do you have to book in advance? Reply to this

hi,
You can take a open bus ticket in Vietnam from hanoi to Ho Chi Minh city. About train ticket you'd buy each leg such as Hanoi to Hue(some day visit Hue-old capital) then take a trai, bus to Da nang(some beautiful beaches) - Hoi An-ancient town then take a train, bus, flight to Nha Trang or direct to Sai Gon... hope that you'll have a good time in Vietnam
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