Blogs from Anlong Veng, North, Cambodia, Asia

Taking it right out of the old travel journal. Enjoy: We left Laos and crossed into Thailand at the Ubon Ratchathanni border crossing. Upon passing through immigration we were faced with little less than a ridiculously expensive cab ride into Ubon. Just when all hope seemed lost a very nice Thai couple pulled up and offered us a ride since they were headed that way anyway. We happily said yes and settled into a pleasant 2 hour drive and conversation about Thai exports and tourism. We spent the night Ubon before catching an early train to the Cambodian border in the morning. The paved roads and reliable electricity were a nice respite between the dustyness of Laos and norther Cambodia. Getting to the border with Cambodia was extremely easy. Although once across we had to pay ... read more

I finally got to Anlong Veng after a lot of "no it's impossible" or "very expensive sir. 200$" everywhere I asked in Siem Reap. I had the pleasue of riding with the infamous GST bus service but to my big surprise the trip was fairly painless, except for the usual karaoke-video... The ride cost me 7$ and that was on the expensive side as I purchased the ticket in a travel agency. The return ticket only cost me 4,50$. For locals it's apparently only 4 bucks. It "only" took us 2,5 hours to get there as some parts of the road were good and others not so good. The worst part was just before getting into town. I stayed at the Phnom Dangrek GH which was a quite crappy place. I had the room right next ... read more