Hey there! We caught a bus to the Cambodian border from Koh Chang which took about 5 hours, we were joined by Maria from Sweden who was travelling alone and didn’t fancy the border trip on her own as its renowned for being hectic and full of scams. Poipet border has many pickpockets, mostly children and at every turn someone was trying their luck, overcharging for visas, changing currency etc…we managed to avoid all scams and got our visa for the correct money and without too much hassle. There were many travellers with us and we made some good friends, Jonchi from Germany and Trinny from Chilli, they decided to get a cab with us and Maria to Siem Reap all five of us crammed into the cab which took 3 hours, a real squeeze but
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