08:00 pickup they said...yeah right :-) This is Laos. Even when they know the day before that they have more then 60 people leaving the island on the same time, they can not manage more then one longtailboat. In one boat they put 8 persons. So at 09:15 it was our turn to jumpo in the boat. The bus didn;t arrive at the pier, so we had to wait for another hour. Next thing, they booked too many peoplke on the bus, so a lot of people were sitting on babychairs in the middle path of the bus, around 11:45 we finally left to the border.

Border, first you had to pay 2 USD for leaving the country at the Departure office, then you had to pay 1 USD for a healthcheck (this is crap, cause everybody had 35,7 as a temperature). Then you fill in a form for you visa at the next office and with one picture you pay 23 USD. Then the next office for an arrival stamp, again 1 USD. A lot of extra USD because this was weekend fee. It took a while before everybody was ready and they promised an extra bus, but no way they didn't.

Cambodia looks terrible. Poor country is the first impression. And damn, garbage and red dust everywere! At some point we stopped near this disgusting market and they told us we had to take our backpack and get out of the bus, because of a transfer. But then they tell you they made a mistake and we had to go back on the bus. Then we had to get of the bus again, some of us did but fuck it. I stayed inside and the bus left. The others jumped on another bus. Our next stop was Kratie, this place looks also like shit. The trip was followed by a local Martial Arts movie, but well directed. The karaoke was not that fun to listen too, so earplugs in :-)

At 18:00 we stopped somewere and jumped on another bus and finally we met the other guys again. At 21:00 we stopped for dinner at an awfull looking place with dirty toilets and food that didn't look that good. Frogs, turtles, snakes... I'm feeling sicker the last days so I decided not to eat here. It was almost midnight when we arrived at Siem Reap and this is completely different then we saw before in Cambodia. And with all the lights and Christmasshats you would still think it is Christmass here. We went with a group of 8 people in 4 tuktuks and told them to take us to the same guesthouse. They didn't and took everybody to another place in town. 6 people found eachother again. After some guesthousechecks we dropped our stuff at Bakong Lodge, the guesthouse of the tourcompany. Cheap and all services available.

First impression of Siem Reap?... No, I don't want a tuktuk, drugs, sex with local women, fishmassage, same same food. If I want something I will ask, damn those people here are very pushing! And beggars everywere. Ow and guess what, filled with positive feelings I put my debtcard in one of the ATM's... 'CARD NOT ACCEPTED' What the fuck!? So after Laos, Rabobank is not working in Cambodia. No Dutch people around and the bankoffices are closed today and tomorrow. We had dinner after 01:00 midnight, some places stay open 24 hours?...