Instead of taking the bus back to Siem Reap, I decided to join up in a taxi instead. This allowed me a couple more hours in Battambang.
The options for shared taxi are this: Share with other tourists or share with locals. If you share with tourists, it’s three people in the back seat, two in front. If you share with locals, they sit four in the back seat and two in front. I said, that I was okay sharing with locals, but I wanted the front seat on my own. This would set me back US$15.
I was guaranteed that the taxi driver would send me right to the doorstep of my hotel in Siem Reap, and, more importantly, not make unscheduled stops. This would make the journey shorter.
But before we get to the departure from Battambang, this is how I spent my morning.
