Travel Guide Poïpet

Many small budget travellers are entering Cambodia through this border crossing. This is not the best choice, but it's the most famous route from Bangkok (trip in because or by train to Aranyaprathet). Païlin, to the south, O'Smach to the north, or Koh Kong are probably less depressing. That said, Poïpet is above all a sector frequented by the Thai who come to play in casinos. The city has nothing to do with aesthetics and all kinds of scams are waiting for the reckless. The best thing would be not to go to Siem Reap, Battambang, or Sisophon directly. But when you go the border late in the afternoon, you have to wait the next morning to take a bus or a collective taxi.Privileged location of traffic with Thailand, the place has nothing charming, but its Western style can please some. Dump town stretched in length, where lined buildings fake and taudis slums. Poor devils are getting bored to push carts, making the shuttle between trucks on both sides of the border, while the trafiquants and khmers, their profits with large cognac rasades. " Business ", what! In short, let us put things straight: confusing, rubbish, sordid prostitution and black misery await you in Poïpet. On the other hand, leaving Cambodia through this border crossing does not make bad surprises if you do not stop at night.