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Koh Lanta - running away

umm not too many photos for this one.
not any actually
Koh Lanta which was the next stop on the Thai island list was a super chilled out place which I even forgot to take pictures of. We booked a place as we were leaving Phi Phi and it ended up being this pretty nice resort with a pool and everything. One day we went paddle boarding which is pretty nice to do for a bit but its not actually that exciting and gets old pretty quick. Another day we rented bikes and rode around the island which was nice and peaceful but still nothing too exciting.

Also Thailand is really touristy, and not my kind of place. Really long to explain what its like but i will dedicate one post to it eventually giving my thoughts.
So one morning I decided i was going to go to Cambodia. Went to the travel agent and she said i could leave in an hour so i packed my bags, said goodbye to my friends and got on a bus to Bangkok, Once there i was going to see if i could find a bus to a Cambodian border and then work my way back to Ortes Beach in Sihanoukville where my friends had opened up a beach bar and bungalows.
So overnight bus to Bangkok and once there I switched bus stations and got on a bus to... somewhere. not sure where it was exactly but the lady said Cambodia and thats all i could get out of here. I ended up at the Poi Pet border in the north west of Cambodia. I had to navigate my way through the tourist border visa scams and made the through with no extra charges. Then i hopped on a bus that was going all the way across the country to Phnom Penh. I didnt know if i would get there in time to make the overnight bus to Sihanoukville but i thought i would try anyways. Once arriving in Phnom Penh and giving directions to my moto driver about how to get to the riverfront in downtown Phnom Penh (somehow he didnt know) i got right onto the bus to Sihanoukville. Once there i didnt get ripped off cause i new the actual price to get to Otres from the bus station and made it to my friends place around 6am. Its weird travelling places that youve already been before cause you remember a lot of things that you have already seen and you know whats going on and how everything works which is really nice.
So if anyone was keeping track i left around 10am one morning and arrived at 6 am 2 days later, quite a lot of travel and waiting around cause i didnt buy just one ticket to go all the way. this is how the local people travel though. they just kinda go to a bus station and take a bus that might or might not take them closer to where they want to go. Not my favourite way of travel but i did it and at least i know now!

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