Van picks us up at 730am from our hotel to another location for another van. They fill up the van until it is full like sardine. mini van 12-15 people. there is 12 of us with lots of bags. We leave to Bangkok 830am. Van is not the best place for cat nap. Syafiq can sleep. seats are 90 degrees. Reach border noon. transfer to another van to the border. no need visa for Malaysian. at the border we have to cross by foot and another van will pick us up. they put sticker on us to indicate. they have a system and i feel like we are transferred like animals. The border entering Cambodia tedious because many people. you can skip line by paying someone there to make it faster. many people. many tourist. about 2 hours waiting to enter cambodia. once enter cambodia. they identify us by sticker and send us to bus to go to another spot to take another bus. by 3pm we arrive at bus station and finaly the last bus to siem reap. 4 transport in total; Hotel (minivan) somewhere in Bangkok (minivan) somewhere near the border (minivan) somewhere more closer to the border (walk pass border) the other side of border (bus) bus station away from cambodia-thai border (bus) siem reap. they stop for food along the way. Arrive at Siem Reap Bus station 7pm. Many tuk tuk guys to bring us to anywhere. didnt know where to go but really hungry. 20 000 riem to somewhere in siem reap where halal food. to find halal food you have to find mosque by google. muslims food stall are all nearby. so thats what we did. go to the mosque and theres cambodian halal food. usually halal food are expensive because it is rare but the trick us you have to know where the people who work in the restaurant goes to eat to find cheaper halal food. After dinner we look for a place to stay nearby. 17USD per night for two. In Cambodia they use also usd currency. you have to be smart if you are a cheapskate depending on the currency at the moment. for now USD is really bad. Its better to pay in Cambodian Riem if they don’t calculate.
Traveling during daytime will waste your day because it’s really tiring because it is not a sleeper bus. Took us the whole day to travel and will arrive at night and very tired because of the heat, transport transfer. rest rest rest. next day early trip to Angkor Wat
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