The bus journey was ridiculous but very fun. The air con was non-existent but I was sat by a big window that opened all the way and let in a nice cool breeze (actually I almost fell out at one point when we hit a big bump). Unfortunately it also let in all the dirt from the road and I was covered in a layer of brown mud by the end of it! Anyway, I spent the whole journey hanging out the window; waving at the locals; and looking at the beautiful countryside of Cambodia. There are seemingly endless rice fields and you can see for miles as a lot of the country is dead flat.
About half way through the journey was stopped by another two flat things....flat tires! We suddenly stopped in the middle of nowhere and looked on in amazement as the drivers removed two completely flat tires that had gone at the same time! Spare tires? we only had one. We waited on the side of the road as the crowd of locals watching this spectacle increased and after about an hour another bus pulled up. Unfortunately it seemed that the other bus driver didn't want to give up his only spare tire and shot off! So we had no choice but to put one spare and one flat back on and limp it to the next town. We finally got there and got a new tire and continued to the border!
Just before we got there we pulled into the bus company's office and a guy came on and asked everyone for their tickets. All the other people on the bus were going all the way to Bangkok and got tickets for their journey after they walked over the border. After giving my ticket to the guy he tried to give me a ticket from the boarder to Bangkok. After trying to explain about 4 times that I'd only paid to go to the border, I took the ticket which got me a seat on a nice air-con bus back to Bangkok, result!!!
"Oh dear" said the driver....
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