After long sweaty days at Angkor, everyone was looking forward to some relaxing on the beach in Thailand. The only obstacle to overcome - getting there!
We hired a mini-bus for the trip and, while the route was long it was fairly comfortable the one massive fly in the ointment was the Thai-Camobian border.
We waited for hours in Poipet-Aran as the line moved hardly at all. The only way to speed up the process was to pay one of vultures standing to the side of the line to get you to the front of the queue. Apparently there was some number system based on a slip of paper that you were to pick up upon arrival in the line but there were no instructions to that effect anywhere to be found. As we waited and waited and waited and waited...and waited for about three hours or more we questioned our decision to travel overland instead of flying. Were the $ savings really worth this hassle? As it turns out, the problem was that there were only 2 customs officials checking the passports of foreigners and there were hundreds of people in line. That and the queue jumpers who made everyone else wait just a little bit longer.
In the end, we made it over the border and then to the Ko Chang ferry on time. We arrived at our destination - the KB Resort - after check-in but we secured our room nonetheless and settled in for a good night's sleep.
- Lawrence
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