@Dada ***

that’s life… It’s takes a lesson to learn.

@Dada ***

never book flights through anyone but the airline. Then you don’t need to deal with middle men when issues arise.

@Martinho ********

I have so many stories from my first trip travelling to SE Asia… Considered writing a book about it but I just don’t have the writing skills. Definitely had enough drama and content 😅

Nigel Hall yes it was heart breaking to see so many children begging. I’m not sure when you went through Poi pet but, 10 years ago it was really intense. They weren’t just sitting and begging, mothers were literally trying to hand their children to us and pushing them onto us.

@Eran ************

Poipet was like the Wild West for me. I used it my first time to Thailand around 10 years ago. My friend and I thought we were already in Cambodia and decided to have a quick flutter in the casino, seeing we both enjoyed a gamble. We ended up getting stuck in the no man’s land, between Thailand and Cambodia for the night as the Cambodian office had closed by the time we got there…

The only hotel available was a casino workers hotel that from what I could gather, no foreigner had ever stayed at before. The looks we got were priceless 😅. When going to our hotel, we were followed by a motorbike gang who were openly carrying guns…

Then came the next day where we had to bribe the Cambodian officials to roll back the stamp one day, because we had not officially stamped into Cambodia yet. When through the border officially, I have never smelled a place more rancid. Mothers were throwing their kids at us, while trying to touch our pockets. Taxi drivers were fighting in the street over trying to get our business for the journey to Siem Reap. We just pushed through all the crowds and walked deeper into the rancid town, followed by a group of taxi drivers, still squabbling…

We walked for about a mile until there was only one driver still following. Decided we could take him on if he tried anything dodgy and negotiated a $20 trip to Siem Reap. Just before we reached Siem Reap, he pulled into a car park, where we were met by a Cambodian man with a Cambodian style wooden tuk tuk… Thought here we go again, it’s a set up. The guys name was David, apparently 😂 He said he could be our driver while in Cambodia and charged $8 a day, for the entire day. He ended up being one of the nicest people I have ever met and totally changed my early view of Cambodia. He earned double the normal fee, at least. Picked us up and took us to breakfast and waited for us, then to wherever we wanted to go for the day…

Poipet, avoid, it’s wild. But at the same time, was a hell of a memory and experience.

@Eran ************

yes, but you will remember it forever…

Poipet was like the Wild West for me. I used it my first time travelling in Thailand, around 10 years ago. My friend and I thought we were already in Cambodia and decided to have a quick flutter in the casino, seeing we both enjoyed a gamble. We ended up getting stuck in the no man’s land, between Thailand and Cambodia for the night as the Cambodian office had closed by the time we got there…

The only hotel available was a casino workers hotel that from what I could gather, no foreigner had ever stayed at before. The looks we got were priceless 😅. When going to our hotel, we were followed by a motorbike gang who were openly carrying guns…

Then came the next day where we had to bribe the Cambodian officials to roll back the stamp one day, because we had not officially stamped into Cambodia yet. When through the border officially, I have never smelled a place more rancid. Mothers were throwing their kids at us, while trying to touch our pockets. Taxi drivers were fighting in the street over trying to get our business for the journey to Siem Reap. We just pushed through all the crowds and walked deeper into the rancid town, followed by a group of taxi drivers, still squabbling…

We walked for about a mile until there was only one driver still following. Decided we could take him on if he tried anything dodgy and negotiated a $20 trip to Siem Reap. Just before we reached Siem Reap, he pulled into a car park, where we were met by a Cambodian man with a Cambodian style wooden tuk tuk… Thought here we go again, it’s a set up. The guys name was David, apparently 😂 He said he could be our driver while in Cambodia and charged $8 a day, for the entire day. He ended up being one of the nicest people I have ever met and totally changed my early view of Cambodia. He earned double the normal fee, at least. Picked us up and took us to breakfast and waited for us, then to wherever we wanted to go for the day…

Poipet, avoid, it’s wild. But at the same time, was a hell of a memory and experience.

@Piero ***********

yes replying to wrong post, strangely 😂

Have a night in Bangkok and book for the next day. No point in being rushed or nervous. Then you can pre book and know it’s all sorted.

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