Entering Cambodia at Poipet
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Entering Cambodia at Poipet
Any recent experiences? No visa required.
And getting a big bus onto Battambang?
I know pax used to get herded to an out of town bus station with higher prices for taxis and buses. Does this still happen?
And getting a big bus onto Battambang?
I know pax used to get herded to an out of town bus station with higher prices for taxis and buses. Does this still happen?
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Re: Entering Cambodia at Poipet
eww poipetarmchairlawyer wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 10:17 pm Any recent experiences? No visa required.
And getting a big bus onto Battambang?
I know pax used to get herded to an out of town bus station with higher prices for taxis and buses. Does this still happen?
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Re: Entering Cambodia at Poipet
If you want to make it to PP same day, you will need to leave PP by around 4 pm in van.
Before that there are plenty of departures in the morning, going to PP = Battambang. Also plenty of Vans. You need to leave the immediate area following the entry point. Late last year the scenery had changed due to the destroyed casino. It was necessary to take a motobike taxi for a dollar or 40 baht to get down to the main road. The detour in the heat is not good for walking. Battambang should be no prob.
Visa on arrival now on the 2nd floor in the new building. Prices posted. Much less hassle compared to 10 years ago. Do not buy the visa on the Thai side at the consulate. Dont talk to anyone until you're out of the checkpoint. Walk a few meters and pick a motorbike a bit outside the arrival area. Drivers will try to renegotiate on arrival, so exact change needed. You might like to leave the drivers 20-30 meters off from the bus company so they wont charge the company with you paying their cut.
Last bus out of Poipet to PP around 9 - 9.30 pm. Battambang bus station around 12-1am. With the improvements of the road it is getting faster with time. The new road is almost finished until Battambang, just a few spots with construction as of January.
Before that there are plenty of departures in the morning, going to PP = Battambang. Also plenty of Vans. You need to leave the immediate area following the entry point. Late last year the scenery had changed due to the destroyed casino. It was necessary to take a motobike taxi for a dollar or 40 baht to get down to the main road. The detour in the heat is not good for walking. Battambang should be no prob.
Visa on arrival now on the 2nd floor in the new building. Prices posted. Much less hassle compared to 10 years ago. Do not buy the visa on the Thai side at the consulate. Dont talk to anyone until you're out of the checkpoint. Walk a few meters and pick a motorbike a bit outside the arrival area. Drivers will try to renegotiate on arrival, so exact change needed. You might like to leave the drivers 20-30 meters off from the bus company so they wont charge the company with you paying their cut.
Last bus out of Poipet to PP around 9 - 9.30 pm. Battambang bus station around 12-1am. With the improvements of the road it is getting faster with time. The new road is almost finished until Battambang, just a few spots with construction as of January.
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Re: Entering Cambodia at Poipet
What do you do if you have big bags (too big for a moto)?Pizzalover wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:15 am
Walk a few meters and pick a motorbike a bit outside the arrival area. Drivers will try to renegotiate on arrival, so exact change needed. You might like to leave the drivers 20-30 meters off from the bus company so they wont charge the company with you paying their cut.
At Koh Kong, people with carts take your bags to the tuktuk/car/bus.
Is there one single departure point for all the buses or do they have their own places?
Thanks.
Re: Entering Cambodia at Poipet
Maybe try passapp, or isn it working in Poipet ??
Is Koh Kong not an option for you ?? If coming from bangkok its about the same distance and i crossed Koh Kong 27 december, very nice and friendly people, both sides of the border, and i deed, soMe guys with carts run in nomandsland overthere !!
Is Koh Kong not an option for you ?? If coming from bangkok its about the same distance and i crossed Koh Kong 27 december, very nice and friendly people, both sides of the border, and i deed, soMe guys with carts run in nomandsland overthere !!
Re: Entering Cambodia at Poipet
Tuk tuk sucks around the border. You can give passapp a shot but choose a pickup location away from the border entrance bc of the tuk tuk syndicate around that area.. i havent tried the buses but there are a bunch of them prior to the big aba on the main road. There are also the car scalpers that will take you to battabang or other locations but they always seem sketchy to me. I use the shared taxis or van which you can find on fbook..
Safe travels
Safe travels
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Re: Entering Cambodia at Poipet
Yes, I crossed the KK border recently in both directions and it was a very nice experience. Unbelievably quiet. I guess the budget tourists generally use airports nowadays (maybe taking a dim view of the bus journey from PP), ten years ago it was very busy at times. The road to Trat is in perfect condition, but the road from KK to Sre Ambel is under dualling construction and is tiring. It takes about 2.5 hours, averaging 50kph, very light traffic. Then you have the new highway to the outskirts of PP. Private Highlander taxi from my door in PP to the border cost $80 btw, bookable in advance in both directions. Apparently the KK road will be finished in 3 years.Bongmab69 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 2:35 pm Maybe try passapp, or isn it working in Poipet ??
Is Koh Kong not an option for you ?? If coming from bangkok its about the same distance and i crossed Koh Kong 27 december, very nice and friendly people, both sides of the border, and i deed, soMe guys with carts run in nomandsland overthere !!
Google maps showing Bangkok to PP at 10hr 35m via Poipet and 10hr 37m via KK.
On this occasion I am looking to go to Battambang so crossing at Poipet. NR5 from Battambang to PP has now largely completed its duallling.
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Re: Entering Cambodia at Poipet
where are you? Bangkok?
if heading to Batt why not still head to Chantaburi than up to Pong Nam Ron cross over at Ban Phakkat or Ban Laem and ur 30 minutes to Palin and on to batt?
easy border and nice scenery as well
avoiding Poi Pet is a Plus
if heading to Batt why not still head to Chantaburi than up to Pong Nam Ron cross over at Ban Phakkat or Ban Laem and ur 30 minutes to Palin and on to batt?
easy border and nice scenery as well
avoiding Poi Pet is a Plus
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
Re: Entering Cambodia at Poipet
Google.maps time is surprisingly correct, it is an average time from everybody who uses google.maps. As i did the trip all the way from europe, i always checked, and because i have i nice Lexus and nobody cares for speeding in Thailand (outside of Patong),I WAS 15% faste. I didnt want to do the trip from Pattaya to Phnom Penh in one day, took a night in Koh Kong, 20 dollar hotel just over the border. And continued the day after. If maps say 10.5 hours i uselly counted the same time, but incluiding all the smaller brakes, cofffee, petrol, pee, wee, as long as you dont stop for food in a restaurant, it worked very fine for me all the way. The roadworks from the border to the main road are indeed going on in decmeber, but because hardly traffic, no problem in my eyes. ooh yes, maps was wrong on the new toll-road, because hardly anyone takes it using maps i think . . . If you leave early Pattaya you will be sunset in PP if you dont have to do customs-clearance from your car at the border.
Re: Entering Cambodia at Poipet
Just checked fotos from my trip:
Left Harrys in Pattaya 10.00
arrived border 15.00
Arrived Koh Kong City Hotel 17.00 (20 dollars a night)
Left Koh Kong City hotel 8.30 am
took motorway exit Kampong Speu 13.15 including lunch-rbeak
Arrived HARRYS Phnom penh 14.50 including 2 traffic-police-checks . .
Left Harrys in Pattaya 10.00
arrived border 15.00
Arrived Koh Kong City Hotel 17.00 (20 dollars a night)
Left Koh Kong City hotel 8.30 am
took motorway exit Kampong Speu 13.15 including lunch-rbeak
Arrived HARRYS Phnom penh 14.50 including 2 traffic-police-checks . .
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