Hi everyone, my first entry here (its David). On yesterdays agenda was getting to Siam Reap, Cambodia, from Bangkok. The easy way would have been to fly but that is also the more costly route. There is a rumour that the airway that flys that route keeps the road between Bangkok and Siam Reap nasty and unpassable on purpose, so as to get more passengers on their ridiculously expensive flights. We are not easily scared, so we booked a minibus to the border from our hostel. This cost 400 BAHT (around 8pound). In the scam that Rachel told you about earlier we had been offered 1200 BAHT to to go all the way to Siam Reap, but we have heard stories of people being dropped off on the Thailand side of the border, and then finding
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