A very early start to catch a 5.55am train from Bangkok to the Cambodian border it took nearly 6 hours and all for 48Baht which is less than a pound. An entertaining train journey which took about an hour just leaving Bangkok city all level crossings holdingg up the incredible traffic that the city has 24 hours a day. On then across a very flat landscape with a lot of rice fields and lots of dogs scratching themselves everywhere. The border crossing was very manic everybody trying to sell you something in the heat and the dust and all the vehicle transfers between the Thai train and the shared taxi on to Siem Reap. The Cambodians are obviously trying to improve their roads but they have no driving rules at all, anything goes and this on a dust track with pot holes that would defeat utterly most family cars.
Here tonight in the tourist capital of the country Siem Reap for our 3 day visit to Angkor Wat starting at sunrise tomorrow. Hired a moto driver to show us the sights. Never seen a town with so many motor bikes its a nightmare to know where to jump first to avoid them.
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