Greetings from Cambodia!

Gosh, I don't even know where to start! I finally have some time on the internet, and soooo much to catch up on!

I booked at minibus from Bangkok to Siem Riep in Cambodia for 250 Thai Baht (the equivalent of 7.5$) So the minibus picked me up at 7am yesterday, and picked up a couple of others, and off to the border we went! Itw as about a 3 hour trip to the border - not bad at all. But then we had to wait for an hour or so while one of the other girls on the bus got her visa done. (Luckily, I already got my Cambodia visa while I was in Bangkok). At that point, we got back in the minibus, which took us to the border, where we had to get off and walk across on foot. No big deal - stamp out of Thailand and stamp into Cambodia.

But once we got to Cambodia, they took us to the bus station and there we waited in the dusty place, with no a/c, for hours on end. They kept telling us the bus was coming, the bus was coming, but then kept pushing back the time that it was going to come. (The whole plan of that is to frustrate people enough so that they take a taxi to the city, which costs about 80USD and is a three hour ride). Finally, after waiting for 2.5 hours, a bus actually showed up. So we all got on it and then waited on this non-airconditioned bus for some more time to pass (they were waiting for more people to show up so the bus would be full). Then they decided the because the bus wasn't full, they werent going to have someone drive it to Siem Riep. So we all got off the bus again. Bah!

However, one of the girls that I was on the minibus with spoke Cambodian! How fortunate for us! So she complained and complained, (because we bought tickets for the entire way) and finally they put the 3 of us from the minibus into a taxi... and then added 2 others!

So to say it was an uncomfortable ride would be an understatement. There were 4 of us in the back, traveling at fairly high speeds, over unpaved, rocky roads! Then, about halfway, we stopped, and all got out of the car, because one of the tires was hissing air! So then we waited some more at this little convenience type store while the driver took the car to get the tire changed (We were kinda worried he was going to disappear with our stuff).

But eventually it was fixed, and we arrived in Siem Reap. Veronica and I are sharing a very nice room for 15USD a night =) I couldn't believe how fantastic this place is. You know you've been traveling for entirely too long when you get excited about air-con, toilet paper in the bathroom, and hot water! I can't remember the last time I have had any of those luxuries! (All my last hostel had was bedbugs! YUCK! and freaking itchy!)

So today we hired a tuk tuk to drive us around the temples at Angkor Wat for the day. He will pick us up at 9am, and we have the taxi for the entire day... for a whopping price of 12USD. Crazy!