Made the bus trip up from Pnom Penh to Siem Reap, the jumping off point of touring Angkor Wat, and once again, the bus ride was interesting. This time merely Cambodian music videos and comedy shows, which isn't bad, but at full volume for 7 hours, it becomes a bit much. Exiting the bus also proved a challenge as all the westerners were greeted by about 50 touts, all screaming (literally) "come to my guest house, cheap," while jabbing flyers at you. At one point, I stopped to shove some books into my pack, I literally had to push signs for guest houses out of the way to put things into my pack. The only thing I could do was laugh at the absurdity of the situation, it was quickly sorted out and I was off
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