Bus to Siem Reap

Trip Start Sep 05, 2008
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Sunday, November 16, 2008

The minibus was due to pick us up to take us to the bus to Siem Reap at 12 noon. It was forty minutes late but we were relieved to see it arrive at all. We got to the bus, a "two-storey luxury coach" to fins that it was, to our surprise, the same bus as they'd shown photos of when we bought the tickets. Only the pictures had probably been taken some twenty years previous. It was banged up and dented on the outside, and had duct tape covering large cracks on the windscreen. But it was comfortable and only about half full. I managed to get the seat next to the emergency exit, so had about two metres of leg room.

We left at 1pm. The bus went at a good speed and it was a comfortable ride, especially considering the general condition of Cambodia's roads. The only downside was the six or so TVs in the bus playing what looked like Cambodia's answer to The Chuckle Brothers for pretty much the whole trip, with the sound coming irritatingly loud through the bus's speakers. But other than this it was fine, and I even managed to catch up with some of this blog.

In fact we arrived 30 minutes EARLY. Unheard of. We checked into the hotel we'd booked (now that Catherine's mum's with us we've made sure that everything's booked in advance, nothing is left to chance) and headed to its restaurant on the top floor, where we had probably the best Indian meal we've ever had outside India.
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