We got up early to catch our mini-bus to Cambodia and had a comfortable journey. Before the border we stopped and the idea was to change buses to a Cambodian company. However, when we got off the bus we were told we were ‘special’ and that we hadn’t booked the rest of the trip to Siem Reap, so the trip ended there for us. We knew that we were supposed to be transferred all the way to our hotel, so we figured our guy would be waiting on the other side of the border. This meant that we hoisted our packs and took it upon us to walk 1.5km to the border and cross the border on foot. I don’t remember the last time (if ever) that I had to cross a border on foot! Quite an experience. 
Once on the other side it was stunning how friendly the people became all of a sudden! The Cambodians are such soft spoken people. One of the people there let us use his mobile to call the company, from which we found out that there had been a miscommunication between the two offices and so we should just take a taxi for the 150km to Siem Reap, that will be paid upon arrival. So yea, after crossing the border on foot, we then got into an air-conditioned taxi that took us straight to our hotel.
We checked in and spent the afternoon by the pool, walked into the centre for dinner and enjoyed the first of many amazing Cambodian dishes. We found a nice bar where we had some drinks before taking a tuk tuk back to the hotel, ready for an early start in the morning to discover the temples of Angkor.
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