Siam Reap to Bangkok to Krabi

Oh my god! Worst. Journey. Ever!

The Cambodian side of the border was like a lunar landscape - craters everwhere. The bus was discovered to have a flat tyre after only about 10 minutes too, so every rest stop meant the bus staff disappearing for 45 minutes to pump it up for the next leg.

Eventually we bounced our way to the border town where we were inexplicably transferred to another bus to travel the last 5 minutes of the journey to the border point?!?!? After we'd crossed the border we were then kept waiting for around 2 hours for our coach. We were told we were waiting for some people to cross the border but since there are buses scheduled to leave every half hour this doesn't really make sense either! At least everyone was consoled with the fact that the next bus would be a luxury coach.

The luxury coach was a god send... For approximately 30 seconds until a strong smell of piss started to waft up from the toilet. There was a fault with it which meant we had to stop every 30-40 mins for a guy to pour water down it or something, followed by a spray of his aftershave to try and sort out the smell!

The final straw came when the bus ground to a halt only 20km from Bangkok with a broken clutch! We were stranded for at least 2 hours with no clue as to what exactly the bus staff were doing about it. Eventually a mutiny was staged and everyone was off at the side of the road hailing mini-buses or taxis for the last little bit.

We finally arrived at the Kao Sahn Road around 11pm, 15 hours after we'd begun our supposed 10 hour journey. After a brief argument about the price with the taxi driver (just to top it off!). We got to our rooms and went for a much needed beverage.

I wasn't going to suffer another bus journey today so I treated myself to a flight to Krabi. It was only 20 quid so I thought it was worth it to save my sanity! I was aiming for Ko Phi Phi but unfortunately the last boat has gone and I'm here for the night and leaving in the morning. Also the cloudy weather isn't looking like it's best suited to a few days on a tropical island. Oh well it can change at any time, and hey at least I'm not sitting in an office in London!