We board a public bus which is carrying about 40 pasengers from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) to Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The trip is expected to take 6 hours so we should arrive about 3 PM. The bus is very comfortable, has A/C and a clean toilet, a subtitled movie to watch and we are provided with a small bottle of water and box breakfast/lunch....the cost if you were to book this yourself would be $12US. One big advantage of taking this trip with Intrepid is the experience of using various forms of transportation ...boat, train, bus, private van and plane...we see more of the country side, meet local people and learn how to travel independently in the future.
It takes about 2 hours to reach the Viet Nam/Cambodia border. We unload our baggage and it is scanned, Viet Nam customs check our passports and stamp our passports as having exited Viet Nam. Bags go back onto the bus and we enter Cambodia. Cambodia customs issues visas for $25...I acquired my visa at the Cambodian embassy in Washington, DC so I pass right through and have visa stamped. Reload bags onto the bus as we head for Phnom Penh. The trip takes an additional 4 hours partially due to having to take a ferry to cross the South Mekong river. We arrive right on time...it is hot, hot hot...about 90 F. Pictures of some of what I saw during the bus trip.
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