Thailand To Siem Reap?

[beammeup]

Hi all,

I was wondering if it is possible and safe to travel overland from Thailand to Siem Reap in Cambodia? I would like to travel with my wife and 3 kids so I need to know how safe it is if its possible. Say from Surin? or Korat??

[BambinA]

Bus from Korat > Arunya prathet >poipet >siem rieb

but the road from Poipet to SR is not so good .. escape to go there in rainy season .

http://www.talesofasia.com/cambodia-overland.htm

[jdinasia]

My experience exactly ... FLY!

I consider myself quite the adventuresome traveller but I will NEVER to Poipet to Siem Reap by bus again!

However the boatride from Siem Reap to P.P. across the lake and down the river was AWESOME

[visarunner]

Not a nice trip during the rainy season.

Better to fly from BKK.

[rio666uk]

yes there is a bus - but

no you dont want to go on it

see bambi's post - i spent 18 hours on this journey... it truly is the same as the photo depicts

never again

[beammeup]

How about bus to Battambang then boat to Siem Reap??

[jdinasia]

same type of roads ....

AirAsia has cheap flights to Phnom Penh .. ten the busses and boats ....

[udon]

If you contact Gordon at his guesthouse, he will arange for a taxi to meet you at the border.

http://www.talesofasia.com/cambodia-twodragons.htm

He owns the talesofasia website.

Good luck

[jdinasia]

the problem is the roads ..... avoid them completely in rainy season ...

[taxout]

You can also go to Battambang and take a boat down a narrow channel then across the Tonle Sap to Siem Reap: an extraordinary trip.