Thailand to Cambodia...

The difference was very prevalent once we crossed the border into Cambodia. After leaving our island of paradise, we set off for the developing country of Cambodia. We took a bus from the city of Trat to the border town of Hat Lek, Thailand. Before we even got out of the van, our bags were unloaded and we were told by the guys that unloaded them that they had to take our bags across the border. It all seamed a bit weird. We all took turns watching our over sized back packs as we got our passports stamped and we crossed the border into Cambodia.

We realized that for the guys to take our bags across the border was just a way to scam us out of money, as was when they said that they needed to fill out our paper work for our Cambodia visas. So 25 US Dollars later, and some more change to pay everyone that 'helped' us we were officially in Cambodia.

The paved streets turned into dirt roads and the so-called 'house' that we saw in Thailand turned into little shacks that were barely standing and looked like they were all but rain proof. The amount of garbage on the side of the roads increased and the rain stared to pour. Luckily that cooled things down a bit, but the humidity still lingered in the air and on all of our things. (None of our things have been completely able to dry since arriving in SE Asia).

We asked the Taxi driver to take us to a certain guest house, but once we got there we realized that it was not where we asked to be taken. Yet another scam to get our money (because the guest houses pay cab drivers to bring them guests for the night). Luckily it wasn't that bad of a place and we only were paying two dollars each for a 'clean' bed to sleep in.

Early the next morning we caught the bus to Sihanoukville, Cambidia where Bridget's sister has a Non Profit; Sihanoukville Cambodian Kids Education Fund (SCKEF for short). This non profit works with the street kids of Cambodia helping to get them off the street and send them to school. Please check out the website for more information - kidsofcambodia.org - and possibly sponsor a kid by sending them to school for a year.