Originally written on November 24, 2004

At 7:00 am our taxi picked us up from our guesthouse. We started our three hour journey to Siem Reap. We decided to pay the extra money for a taxi over the bus to save time both on the road and in line ups at the border. The first 45 minutes was as we expected, a paved road full of bicycles, motos, trucks, pedestrians, carts, cows, etc and our driver weaving in and out of each obstacle while honking the horn. This is the norm, and the expected, albeit a taxi goes much faster than the bus (ranges from 40 to 110 km/hr through these conditions). Fourty five minutes out of town the trip changed dramatically, the paved road ended, and was replaced with a super potholed dirt road with all of the obstacless of the first road. This is where the fun began! Add many swear words!

To be continued…