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Cambodia: Day 12 Tatai River
We had an entertaining drive from the Beach up to the Tatai River Valley - a 2.5 hour taxi ride with the chattiest taxi driver in all of Cambodia. This guy somehow got wind of the when and how to use the "F-Bomb" and practices it frequently. Between his free flowing conversation and OO's question asking, we learned everything from A to Z. The cost of cars (new and used), gas and repairs. How the Chinese ...
Glamping in the jungle!
... bits of paper. We had to hand over the hampers as they had paid for a lunch and we hadn't, it is just as well we hadn't scoffed the picnic! On arrival at the village of Tatai, we were put into a large wooden river boat and we set off up the river. The scenery is incredible. As we turned a bend in the river and spotted our resort. It is fantastic, a row of floating tents along the river bank. As we climbed off the boat and onto the decking, you ...
Chi Pat
... way back that we could ************* the seats! But it was a good challenge and we felt pretty proud of ourselves that night! That night when we got back to our hut we found a tree frog in the loo! We decided to leave the next day so we could have a few days of proper chilling by a pool before Japan which is likely to be pretty full on. We both really loved Chi Pat, and it was really different than any of the other places we've been so far in ...
I swear that Jungle trees had built in ATM's
...Would we make our bus??? ...
Weeeeell...Sort of : )
Laura: "Shaun how much money do we have? Because there will be no ATMs in the Jungle." (obviously)
Shaun: "Loads, don't worry about it."
Shaun denies that this conversation ever took place. Laura maintains IT DEFINITELY DID!
And so we watched the last ATM disappear into the horizon, before settling down to sleep off our hangover. Several hours and many many miles later we ...
The Border
Night bus to Bangkok, slept a lot. Bus to the border. The Cambodia border scam unfolds.
Leave Thailand without a hitch and am standing in no man's land, neither Thailand nor Cambodia.
The Cambodian immigration lady asked for 1000 ($33) Baht for the visa fee. I offered $20 US, as is prescribed. She says that was only for arrival by air. I said No, it is on the Government of Cambodia website.
Then she says that ...