Bangkok. The word conjures up images of ladyboys, 'massage therapists' and hangovers! And we were interested to see if it would live up to expectations!! First things first though, we had to get there from Siem Reap, Cambodia. We decided to get a private car to take us to the border (I know, very flashpacky! but we had been advised that the bus could take six hours). When we booked it, we were told "new car, very nice" but this is Cambodia so when a beat up old 1994 Toyota Camry pulled up, we were not that surprised! As long as it had seatbelts, which it did, we were ok! After a fairly hairy two hour ride to the border, we queued up to get across the border. Once we had officially left Cambodia, we had
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