So After we got to Thailand at 6am... we headed straight to the bus station and decided to take a bus to Cambodia. Everyone that we have talked to has said that it is unreal and totally different from Thailand. IT's much less expensice which is great, as thailand was easily costing us at least $50 a day. Here we are paying just $7 for a night and are living in really nice places.
We arrrived at the Border of Thailand and Cambodia and we immediately ripped off. we paid 1000 Baht (about $33) for a $20 visa. then we got ruipped off by our tuk tuk driver... it was a nightmare. It's so annoying. everywhere you turn, you are getting ripped off but then you realize that they are soooooo poor here they are just trying to make more money for their families. Like, we thought that the poverty in Thailand was bad, then you get to cambodia and realize that its WAYYYYYYY worse here.
The roads and everywhere you look at completely covered in garbage... you look around for a garbage can and there isnt one. it's weird.
Anyways we reached the Cambodian border and needed to get to a city cause the place you arrive in is just a place for Thais to come and gamble legally. We looked for a bus, but all the buses had left, and you are bombarded with cab drivers trying to cahrge you $30 to go nowhere. We finally got on the back of a pickup truck with other Cambodians and headed to Battambang (the 2nd largest city in Cambodia) for the night, to head off south to Sihanoukville a beach town.
That's where we are paying $7 a night and we are staying in this wicked place called moneky bungalows run by a british guy. It's a really popular bar and all the places here serve draft beers for 75 cents and pitchers for $3 it's insane! Pool is free everywhere and we rented a scooter to drive around town fror only $7 a day. Its great cause the beach that is close to town is really pretty dirty and full of chil beggars and stuff, but when you drive 15 minutes out of town the beach is beautiful and you are the only one on it!! really crazy!
Also... there are cows everywhere. Literally, you drive in the middle of the road and you have to stop becasue the cows, and all the drivers do here is honk. you honk for everythinkg.... if you are passing you honk, if you are about to hit a cow, you honk... if you want someone to knwo you are coming up behind then, you honk... its so wierd... they dont have rearview mirrors... they only honk... haha
anyways I guess thats all I have to say for now!
Will write soon!
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