Read why Road Travel is the way to go.
I left
Saigon at 6:30 AM aboard a
Sinh Tourist bus. Travel time from
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to
Phnom Penh City, Cambodia is 6-7 hours. I know it's a whole lot of time, but if I did not took this bus ride, it would have costed me at least 200 USD via
Skyscanner rates.
Here are snapshots of the scenes on the road from
Vietnam to Cambodia. All photos were taken inside the bus while moving across the two countries :)
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You know you are still in Vietnam as long as you can still read
signage written in Roman Alphabet, with different signs and pnctuations |
From
Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh City, a road travel would pass by several cities first including My Tho and Can Tho both in Southern Vietnam, and both are located at the Mekong Delta Region.
Since I was coming from Vietnam going to another country, of course I needed to cross a border - at Moc Bai Border Gate in Tay Ninh Province in Vietnam. On the other end is the Bavet Border Gate in Svay Rieng Province in Cambodia.
Upon entering the border, a road lined with casinos greeted me, this is in Bavet.
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| Le Macau Casino and Hotel |
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| Titan King Casino |
Then a couple of kilometers of dirt road and countryside view.
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| Cambodian kids riding a motorcycle, without helmet! |
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| You know you're in Cambodia because of this ornate arch |
A few minutes later and we're aboard a RORO (roll on, roll off) ferry.
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| vendors aboard the ferry |
After crossing the river, a grand entrance like this (below) is visible on the left side. It says "Grand Star Plaza" at the gate, but I cannot find further information about it. It looks like an entrance to a very posh village.
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| The towers are lovelier with the dark skies behind them |
After passing this, we went to a few kilometers of dirt road again before finally entering another city, the Takhmao City, Kandal Province.
Easy to saw that it is a city because of the big establishments, traffic build up and modern buildings.
Then a bridge with a view like this:
The bus travel, although very long was well worth it. I loved the sceneries and it was quite a quiet ride.
The bus was just an ordinary provincial bound a/c bus, nothing special, but it was worth it. I had time to think, sleep and enjoy the view in good proportions. :)
