Tag: Phnom Penh

  • Day 119 – Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM

    Bus journey from Cambodia to Vietnam Today we were picked up by the Mekong Express minivan at 7:30am at Cool Wrong Hostel. The minivan picked up a few more people and we got to the bus stop around 8:30am, which was the scheduled departure time. The staff gave us small water bottles and biscuits, before […]

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  • Day 118 – Phnom Penh

    Today we received a call from Cina Travel in regards to our Visa for Vietnam. We walked from Cool Wrong Hostel, to Cina Travel, and picked up our passports. We then booked a bus from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City for $12 USD / $16.92 AUD per person, using a Mekong Express bus. […]

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  • Day 117 – Phnom Penh

    Today was another quiet day in Cambodia. The furthest we ventured was 300 metres to eat breakfast down the road. The rest of the day was spent between Cool Wrong Hostel and Viva Restaurant. We also had to see why our amazing ING card didn’t work last night. Since I really didn’t want to make […]

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  • Day 116 – Phnom Penh

    Today we decided to focus on our journey to Vietnam, which meant we really needed to get a visa, and more important, we needed to find somewhere to do our laundry. We did some research and found Cina Travel, which is a travel agency with good recommendations. We gave in our passports and $44 USD […]

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  • Day 115 – Koh Rong Samloem to Phnom Penh

    Today was our last day on the island paradise, Koh Rong Samloem. After packing and checking out of Robinson Bungalows, we had to hike thorough the island for one last time. The walk from Sunset Beach to the more busy Sunrise Beach was difficult due to our bags. Once on Sunrise beach, we walked to […]

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  • Day 107 – Phnom Penh to Kampot

    Today we were all packed, ready to go on our trip to Kampot, which was claimed to be a 3 hour journey. We had booked through Cool Wrong Hostel, for a 9am pick up from the hostel, with a company called Cosmart. At 9am a guy picked us up and loaded our bags into the […]

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  • Day 106 – Phnom Penh

    Today we woke up early and left to find some breakfast. We ended up at a Restaurant which is opened 24 hours, called Mekong River Restaurant. We had the breakfast menu here, and I would not recommend it. The majority of the staff didn’t seem to want to be there. But even worse, I had […]

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  • Day 105 – Battambang to Phnom Penh

    Today we had an early breakfast at Lucky Hostel, before checking out and walking to Sorya Ticket Agency, which is where we bought our bus tickets the day before. The bus was meant to leave at 8:45am, but when we arrived we were the only ones here besides some cardboard boxes full of live chickens. […]

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