Comments on: The Scams of the Thailand-Cambodia Border Crossing

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 31 May 2010 00:54:32 +0000

Crazy story man. It was a smart idea to take a picture of the license plate. That’s probably a great tip to people traveling, if in a scamming situation grab your camera and take some pictures.
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By: AdventureRob

AdventureRob — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:04:53 +0000

In these situations, it’s all about the quick thinking!

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 04:53:40 +0000

Great story of high adventure in the back of a cab! Good call on the boxing and the photo of the number plate, genius in fact!

By: Adventure Rob

Adventure Rob — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:52:09 +0000

I'm actually flying back (from Phnom Penh), with all the scams and stuff it's not much more expensive (be cheaper if you go with all their scams and keep paying up), and I get a meal, and 7 extra hours spare.

But yes, I can't write about a 1hr boring flight it's not very adventurous :P

Thanks for comments!

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:08:07 +0000

I thought it would have been easier just to fly, but then maybe less of an adventure. I crossed the border down south near Koh Kong. I had much less hassle there.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:36:33 +0000

omg i can relate to so much that you have mentioned

By: Adventure Rob

Adventure Rob — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:49:19 +0000

Thanks for comment Jason :)

It certainly is best to team up with other westerners when you cross the border, unfortunately there was none on my bus and I didn't spot any at the border neither.

The road between Poipet (rhymes with toilet you know) and Siem Reap was completed in April 2009 so it was fine for me, I think they are relying on people thinking it's still bad from old information and takes 4 hours, it really doesn't anymore.

By: Jason W

Jason W — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:40:01 +0000

Wow, I guess I was lucky, I took the early bus from Mochit. I already had done a visa on arrival over the internet, so the immigration part was easy.
I was able to share a taxi with a girl, who had been to Cambodia a few times, for $20usd each, (with some heavy negotiating for about 30 minutes) We stopped once at a little shop, where the driver got a car wash, and we had a snack, I was there last year, so the roads were god awful, and it did take about 4 hours with an average speed of 30km/h

Then got dropped off where the tuk tuks are waiting, arranged transport to Siem Reap Hostel (Highly Recommend) for $3usd I believe, used the same tuk tuk guy to do a tour of Angkor Wat as well, since he seemed like a nice guy.

Sorry about your bad luck with the border. Corruption is pretty rampant there.