Tag: <span>siem reap to bangkok by bus</span>

Date: 16 May 2018

Today saw our tour of Cambodia come to an end. This journey began when I met up with my girlfriend in Chiang Mai, Thailand, then flew to Phnom Penh (Cambodia’s capital), then took the bus to Siem Reap, spent a day exploring Angkor Park and today, we depart for Bangkok. But instead of taking a flight, I figured we would cross international borders by road instead.

Giant Ibis bus to Bangkok — We booked the 7:45am bus via Giant Ibis. Tickets costs $32 per person. The bus was hardly full.

Green fields Cambodia — It’s not that flights from Siem Reap to Bangkok are much more expensive. I just never crossed international borders by road before so I thought I’d get to experience something new.

Cambodia public school — I also wanted to see more of Cambodia’s countryside and the way of life out here (pictured is a public school)

Hill Cambodia countryside — But much of what I saw were farmlands

Giant Ibis bus rest stop Cambodia — We would stop once along the highway for a rest stop break

Poipet road Cambodia — Closer to noon, we had reached the border town of Poipet

Happy Mart Cambodia highway — Poipet isn’t big but it is the most developed town I had seen along the way since leaving Siem Reap

Cambodia Thailand border crossing — The bus would drop us here and then pick us up again from the Thailand side. We were all given badges and asked to follow our guide.

Our bus came with a guide who had a look at our passports before getting down from the bus and when I told him I was from India, he was like “oh”. He told me Indians and Chinese often face hurdles with immigration at this border. We were also told we would have to pay 100 baht to Cambodia immigration upon exit.

Poipet departure Cambodia border — That green structure is the Cambodia immigration for departures

It was crowded inside but lines moved fast. The Cambodian immigration officer asked for the 100 baht but did not give a receipt or anything. I still wonder why we had to pay money upon leaving Cambodia… and that too in Thai baht.

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