How does compare by time price and convenience bus and flight when transiting from Cambodia to Bangkok?
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TL;DR; Take a flight
I will take starting point in Cambodia Sihanoukville however there shouldn't be much difference in price and time going from Siam Reap.
Flight:
price - 95$ with Bangkok airlines one way or round-trip for around 150$ , + 11 $ bus one way ~105$ total
time - from Sihanoukville 5-6 hours + airport checks 2 hours + flight 45 minutes = ~9 hours
Trip on a bus to Phnom Penh can be made with 'Giant Ibis' that has charger sockets and wifi, then it's your normal flight routine...
By bus:
price - 28$ ticket with 'virak buntham' + 60$ VOA if you need one + 5$ at Thai border guy will arrange a minibus that will get you further into the country + ~10$ other expenses if you are coming without fully prepared documents 45$-105$
time: 5-6 hours to border, 1-2 hours to cross the border, 0-1 hours to find minibus, 5-9 hours to get to Bangkok 12-18 hours
convenience: if you are up for scenery on Cambodian side bus goes trough some mountain and ocean views, bus does not have wifi nor sockets, if you do not have all the documents ready like: passport copy (they don't do a copy there and then you have to bring it with yourself), your printed flight tickets showing on mobile does not cut it, photo, and 2000 THB (they do not accept dollars nor change them at the border so you have to go to town to get them changed), you will be going back to Cambodian side taking a bike for 5$ and then going to print shop and printing copies for ~3$, exchange rate for 2000 THB I got was 62$... I had photo ready but I would assume it will be x2 normal so 3-5$...
All and all I am happy that I took bus as it was an experience, however I consider myself to be resilient and somewhat stress prone, for some it might be a bit too much to do the border crossing by land from Thailand to Cambodia (I saw girl crying, lol), and since it takes less time and costs about the same (for someone who needs VOA) I would recommend taking a flight...
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