Travelogue

The bus left Phnom Penh at 7am and it was a good 5 hours to the border. This was a much smoother crossing than the Vietnam/Cambodia border of yesterday. The bus left us in Koh Kong, a small border village, and from here we had to get a tuk tuk ride to the actual border which cost $10. Luckily we met Alessandro, an Italian guy on the bus who was going to Ko Chang as well, and we shared the ride. Once at the border we had to walk to immigration and when that was done we were once again in Thailand at the Ban Hat Lek border!

Next we had to get a taxi to Trat where we could get the ferry to Ko Chang. We had to wait around for about an hour while the taxi could get enough people and when it did it was another hour or so to Trat. Once at Trat we had to get another taxi to the ferry port, Laem Ngop. This was maybe another hour or so. Luckily we had plenty of time to spare for the last ferry and at around 6:30pm we were on Ko Chang island, in another taxi, on the way to Tiger Huts at Klong Prao beach where Claudia was waiting for us!

We had a lovely week by the beach and although the sea wasn’t the clear blue we had imagined it was lovely and warm and the beach went on for miles. Sitting in our hammock outside the hut was paradise. And at night the sound of the waves would send you to sleep.