March 2nd, 2010
I bought my bus ticket to Siem Riep from my guesthouse. The woman there said I could book a ticket on the normal bus, but for only $1 more I could go with the “luxury” bus. Luxury? Yeah right. My bus experiences here don’t support the idea that there are luxury buses. But, she assured me that this bus wouldn’t be stopping and would get to Siem Riep faster. Ok, why not? I was headed to the largest tourist attraction in Cambodia, if not in SE Asia, Angkor Wat. I may as well go in style…
A van picked me up from my guesthouse and took me to the bus, the shiny clean bus! At the bus they took my bags and gave me a luggage number! I got on the bus and they asked to see my ticket to direct me to my assigned seat! There was a working bathroom (that didn’t smell) on the bus! Each seat had a free bottle of water waiting for its passenger! Once the bus started to leave Phnom Phen the conductor walked down the aisle handing out clothes to clean your hands! We stopped at a nice restaurant for lunch (30min), which had a really really nice bathroom with multiple stalls! And, to top it all off, we arrived ahead of time in Siem Riep!!
If you have a chance to travel with the company Sok Sokha while in Cambodia, I highly recommend it. Especially if you have been taking a lot of local transport, it’s a refreshing change.
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