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dannyvn

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  1. I am not in your case so i cannot add answer to your question but i crossed Ban Pakkard /Phsar Prum two times so rumour of its-less-aggro completely wrong. 

    Thai customs in Ban Pakkard want money from all travellers. They have a Cambodian guy to play as a tout there (it means they do not talk of money directly to travellers but through that guy). That guy tried all the way to extort money from me even i entered Thailand legally and i am purely a tourist (exactly, i am working for a tour company and i usually travel for backpacking guidance reports). I guessed they use a Cambodian guy because there's sticker on every window of their booth saying "No Tips Here" but it's against their wish. When i pointed this sticker to the Cambodia tout, he immediately voiced down to threatening tone: "your case very slow". We all know what's going on in there.

    Not too long, Ban Pakkard's boss (that's a woman) called me and aggressively asked several questions like what Thai's customs in Aranyaprathet had done to me long ago (by the way, i gave up horrible Poipet/Aran for more than 7 years). After ten minutes of exchange, she forced me to show 700 usd and took picture of me  with her phone (<deleted>??). I knew the rule as it had happened to me in Aran/Poipet long ago but the way they behaved completely rude and bossy. That did not match with what they had said "to support tourism". 

    (anyway, do they know that bringing 700 usd in cash backpacking around is stupid idea????)

    I knew they had suspected me illegal labor because i had entered Cambodia and got out Cam to Thailand the day after so it made me look like to do border run but it was not. If they had checked carefully, they would have found i had entered Cambodia via Bavet/Moc Bai (Vietnam) but exit via Phsar Prum / Ban Pakkard, 600 km distance then it completely could not be a border run.

    600 km travel? it only be backpacking tourist.

    It happened to me last month so i can confirm: Ban Pakkard /Phsar Prum less-aggro completely wrong.

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