The mission: Get from Siem Reap to Chiang Mai in 24 hours
The how is left up to us. So we go by bus right? We have bus tickets. Oh, the bus is already full? So let me get this straight. You have two 12 seater buses and yet you’ve sold over 30 tickets? How...oh never mind… So we bought two tickets to Bangkok from you -- how are you going to get us to Bangkok? By taxi? Ok… Um...just one question -- now there’s only 5 of us left and only one taxi has pulled up...another taxi perhaps… Yes, yes of course. Stupid question. Five backpackers plus one Cambodian driver plus backpacks in a right hand drive Toyota camry driving on the right side of the road. Yes, its a very good thing none of us are fat (thank-you for pointing that out -- what would you have done if one of us in your opinion was fat?). Still we have Caucasian size hips and three out of the five of us are guys and the two of us have never met these three and oh, I have a three-hand-personal-space issue. Wait -- you’re putting my husband in the front and me in the back??? Yes, I guess he’s the tallest...ok...I can do this...hey! I’ve not sat this close to a man who’s not my husband before!!! How are you? Tell me your entire life story cause, you know, what else are we going to do for 2 hours? Hmm, we’re stopping for a toilet break -- in a huge open field in the middle of no where. Guess I can hold it for another hour. Jason what are you doing? Oh, you’re the drivers second set of eyes! That’s so nice of you to tell him when its safe to over-take since he’s driving a right-hand camry on the right-hand side of the road… Whatever would he do without you? So this is the border and we’ve beat the other two buses? So we have to wait for them? Ok...you want a tip? You’re kidding right? Its not even cultural to tip in Cambodia...no not all Americans are rich and there’s only one American in the car with three Australians and one poor older lady from Sweden. Really? We beat everyone else so we’re the first to get on the nice bus on the other side??? Oh, thank the Lord!
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