To Cambodia and back in one day.

Yesterday Sat. Jan. 12 I took a bus...one of those big high buses...left at 7am and returned 7pm. I enjoyed it but it was also very tiring.

A U.S. citizen is allowed to stay in Thailand without a visa for 30 days. I didn't know how long I would be staying in Thailand last June. Since I decided to stay for 2 1/2 months I needed to have a Thai visa befire the 30 days were up.

Mike set me up with Jack Total Golf, Inc. They began as a Golf packager,but now another business is procuring visas for people who need it. A parently this is a better way or cheaper way.

I took the sky train to get to the sidewalk near their office to be there by 6:30am.
There were many people there from many different countries. They had us sign our names on many papers and sent us into the bus so we could take off by 7am. The bus was airconditioned but the leg rest and the back of the seats could not be adjusted.

A woman in a very heavy Thai accent explained the process. To make our trip comfortable they had magazines for us to read,continuous movies, and tea or coffee.

I enjoyed looking out the window. Some parts of the landscape looked like Kekaha.

I saw sugar cane fields, banana,mango,citris orchards, and acres and acres of Euculypse(spl)trees in all stages. I notice that it is a tree used in many countries..Spain,Kenya,Pakistan. Some fields look like they might have been used for rice,but right now nothing was growing in them.

We were given a rest stop before we reached the border. We were distributed back our passports and we all stood in line to be processed. After going through the line and leaving our passports and papers with some other people they had us go over a bridge into Cambodia. We were directed to a large building where we were served a buffet lunch of Thai or Cambodian food. I enjoy all foods so this was perfect for me.

But before getting to the dinning room we had to pass rooms that looked like Las Vegas casinos. There were lots of tables with card dealers and players. There was also a VIP room. The sliding door was open and I could see the toilet sign so I went there thinking it had better toilet facilities and I was probably right.

After lunch we were told to wait at another building which said Jack Total Golf.
Some boys from Australia went into a building with sliding doors so I followed them. That was a good move by me. It was air conditioned and I was told that I could have a free foot massage. I was told ordinarily we leave about 12:30pm,but today we did not leave until 2pm and therefore did not get back to Bangkok until 7pm.

All in all it was very interesting but very tiring and I did get my 30 day extension visa. The girl who sat next to me in the bus didn't and she said that she has to go back tomorrow.

Anyway I thought some of you might be interested in hearing about my one day trip to Cambodia.
Aloha, Joanne