The journey opens the view for plenty of interesting things to do, to see and to visit.
Today just take Air Asia at Bangkok or Kuala Lumpur Airport or by Tiger Airways from Changi Airport in Singapore and have fun with great holidays.The routing is also served by some other airlines such as Silk Air and Bangkok Airways but just forget them they are relatively very expensive. Example Air Asia charges for the Bangkok Phnom Penh flight Baht 1500,- Bangkok Airways pulls Baht 4500,- etc. got the message ? The Siem Reap flight means travel to Angkor.
A typical Cambodia tourist route (90% of the visitors are tourists) could be from Singapore or Bangkok, do some advance booking via the internet and land at Phnom Penh or Siem
Mo Chit Bus Terminal |
Now the overland route via Bangkok and Trat in Thailand
Start is at Mo Chit bus station from there you have 3 possibilities for travel to the Cambodian border at
Bus counter for Cambodia |
direct bus to Siem Reap (means one vehicle all way through).
Next is change at the border and proceed on or move south to Trat (also starts at Mo Chit but at a different counter) / Koh Chang and after to Koh Kong.
From Bangkok to Trat is about 6 hours drive and from there to the boundary 1.30 hours. The Minibus from Trat station leaves every 30 minutes.
Bus from Bangkok
to Siem Reap
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Most interior is flat and plenty of rivers and streams supply an abundance of water which sometimes runs almost dry. To counter that the old Khmer built canals and storage systems, the
Baray at Angkor Wat |
Several border crossings, 2 airports and some ships are the gateway to the country from Vietnam and Thailand.