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Category Archives: around-the-world-part-1

Chanthaburi

by tom on 29/03/2013

I got to Chanthaburi on a roughly 4-hour bus ride from Battambang. Whilst waiting for a bus, at roughly the right time, a man turned up and the woman who had sold me the ticket pointed for me to go with him. I followed him and he took me to the bus. During the journey, […]

Battambang

by tom on 26/03/2013

Getting to Battambang was relatively straightforward. I asked in the hotel in Siem Reap where to go for minibuses, but they didn’t know, so sent me in the direction of the old market. I didn’t find any minibuses, but found a bus company I had used before, so bought a bus ticket for about an […]

Siem Reap

by tom on 22/03/2013

I got here without too much of a problem from Kompong Thom. In the morning, when I had gone to get something to eat, I bumped into Mr. Sokhom. He was waiting in the exact spot where you are meant to get minibuses, so he pointed this out and I went to go and get […]

Kompong Thom

by tom on 22/03/2013

I got to Kompong Thom without any problems. The road between Stung Treng and Tbeng Meanchey was like a baby’s bottom (despite still being under construction) and I had lunch with the motorbike driver when we got to Tbeng Meanchey. He helped me find a shared taxi and I got pack into that with 4 […]