Chiang Mai to Siem Reap 18/01/2023

It might sound like loadsa fun, but this frequent travelling between cities gets wearing.
Chiang Mai was great, but I felt I'd seen most of what's on offer to the culture-vulture traveller I've become. Bangkok was always going to be a transit point, or short-term base on my way heading further into southern Thailand. 'Nipping across' to Siem Reap was a fairly recent decision. I could perhaps have gone to Siem Reap (for Ankhor Wat) from Saigon, but that would have meant applying. for two 'visas on entry' for Cambodia - needlessly complicating matters.
So... gentle reader. I've rolled today's news into one digestible chunk of bits in between Bangkok and arriving at Siem Reap in Cambodia.Read more