Hello, Lucas Fantastic vlog and great narrative. From leaving Pattaya to reaching Cambodia I could not take my eyes off the screen. Gosh so excited for next installment. Stay safe and happy. Next time 😊😊

Great video Lucas have a great day 👍

Lucas. Thanks for a great vlog. You just made my life a whole lot easier as I had already planned to do this "run" next week. I think I'll give the creepie crawlies a miss tho. !!!

Nice explanation and details of the journey

Great vlog and appetizer for the next video, Loucous. Love your channel and so happy I stumbled upon it one gloomy Sydney morning. Frank

The guide increasingly asked me to eat at some of the most expensive places there they were owned by North Korea. I choose to eat street food it was good people were friendly and their beer anchor, white beer, was fairly good

Lucas , thankyou , very interesting , can't wait to the next one

Great show Lucas looked like you guy's had a good time. As alway's stay cool,kind and generous!

Amazing trip looking forward to seeing the rest!😮

Poipet was like the Wild West back in the day. First time travelling from Thailand to Cambodia, my friend and I thought we were already in Cambodia, in that casino area of Poipet. We were playing in the casinos and came out to leave and head to Siem Reap… Passport control for Cambodia was closed and we were not stamped in yet 🤦‍♂️ all the rooms in the casino hotel were full and we had to stay in the workers hotel 🤣 We got the strangest looks and biker gang flashed their guns at us as we walked to the room. Cambodian immigration fleeced us because they had to roll back the stamp to the previous day. Walked into Cambodia and then came more madness… Mothers throwing their children at us, telling us to take them. We just charged through and kept walking, followed by a gang of taxi drivers. We kept walking until there was only 1 of the 10 drivers who were originally following us… Deciding if he tried anything dodgy, we could take him 😅 He drove and stopped just before we got to Siem Reap and we thought, here we go… Switched us to the loveliest guy with a rickety old tuk took, carriage made of wood. He ended up being our driver every day for a week, $8 a day was his fee. We gave him a good tip at the end of the week and headed to Phnom Penh. Our tuk tuk driver there, again stayed with us for a week. Took us in the mountains to shoot machine guns and rockets at propane tanks… And we went to his sisters wedding 😂😅. Love Cambodians! But it was a very different place 15/20 years ago.

Very nice can't wait for the next video ! Enjoy guys ....

I’ve been to Siem Reap and Angkor Wat, but am really excited to see it through your eyes. Can’t wait for the next episode.

Thank you very much for sharing wonderful video take care

I’ve been to Cambodia. Took a tiny speedboat down the Mekong River from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to PP. saw PP and Siem Reap. It’s a surreal place. Especially at night. Siem Reap was cool. Seeing all those old temples/shrines. With carved stone faces on them. Etc.

Been to Cambodia twice. Love Angkor wat and Siem reap. Most interesting places in the temple are the exact centre, and the apsara with teeth. The other temples surrounding are just as amazing. Pub street is lots of fun too 😀 😄 😉

Looks like the start to an incredible adventure...enjoy...

Interesting trip. I've never been to Combodia before. Thanks for sharing 👍

Nice video! I will be sure to watch more often. Thanks for sharing

Beautiful complex - I was there pre C19 and spending this new year there, too. Looking forward to your next video inside 🙏

Looks like it is going to be a great trip, always enjoy videos showing Cambodia think it is underrated country

One of the best videos ever. I loved it. Great job

Always been the top of my bucket list was to get to Cambodia and Ankor Wat. All my time living in Pattaya was filled up and never got the chance. Good to se the trip. Enjoy

Lucas. I know that you will enjoy, I have been to Angkor Wat twice it never ceases to amaze me. Make sure you walk up those stairs that is an experience in itself. Have fun stay safe.

I stayed in San Reap for 6 weeks lovely places to go and see specially tour on the River to see how they live .Thanks for the Memories

Interesting episode Lou, I like the way Lan hid her booze bottle in her bag. She is a great helper. Catch you on the next one.

Great little adventure. As usual, getting there is half the fun 😊

I like to take the same route you and Lon took to Cambodia. Thanks fro the update of the visa ordeal at the border. I'll wait to see part two of the Cambodia visit. Thanks Loocus and Lon, Enjoy your stay there.

I lived in Aranyaprathet back in early 70's. It's changed lol. I loved it there.

living the dream, love your videos.

Hey loucous , I did a border run , to Cambodia many years ago , I spent a few hours in a casino and then back to pattaya ,I wish that I had explored more , have a safe trip buddy , I look forward to the next vlog

Good video. Thanks

Very interesting Lucas 😊

Thanks again for another great video my man.

Cambodia is very nice country....I want to Cambodia by plane... Angkor Wat is very special place

Awesome. Always a pleasure. Thank You Loucous. 👍😎🙏

I visited Siem Reap and Angkor Wat in Feb. 2023 and loved it. Spent 3 days exploring the Angkor Wat complex and it wasn't enough time to see it all. My plan is to go back again this coming Feb. Pub Street in Siem Reap is always busy - many places to eat and drink. Would love to get the name of the hotel you stay at "Centerpole" couldn't make out the first part, looks nice - might have to stay there.

I loved the content. Best video you made!

Amazing Lucas! I'm going to do the exact same trip especially now I have seen it!

WOW!!! Poipet has definitely changed a lot since I was last there in 2008.

Always good to see your videos

Great adventure! I was in Siem Reap in 2016, wonderful experience! Angkor Wat was $20 US so the increase seems to be a small amount. Everyone should see it at least once! Cambodia is another foodie paradise for the taking! Played a golf course close to town that was out in the rice fields. The Bomb disposal unit was near by doing a sweep, which made me very uncomfortable! So much unexploded ordnance, from the war, still abounds throughout Cambodia, very sad!

great timing on the vlog , i land in pattaya in about 6 days and i was hoping to do a side trip to ankor wat and a few more places. great good as always loucous

Always check visa on arrival fees online in local Curran y and USD no matter where you’re going. I took a slow train from BKK to Aranya Prathet many years ago. Fun ride and a good alternative to get to Cambodia if you don’t have a car.

That was enjoyable. The world is an amazing place.

The insect that Lon picked up was a Lethocerus (giant water bug). The Thais use them as an ingredient in some dishes.

Hay Lucas Lan ,Great vid glad you enjoyed the Lucky shirt for casino Lucas , great chinese food looked great I’ve done that Trip to aka wat long trip but fantastic place have fun both superb Place can’t wait for part 2 best Chris

Man it's so exciting place to visit I guess, kinky too. I'm planning but not for now due to personal reasons to attend to. Hope to catch up later bradder. 😉

I’m assuming you were joking about taking a TukTuk from Poi Pet to Siem Reap (150km) on Cambodian roads. I think these days most people fly to Siem Reap. I visited in 2007 and took a boat at least part of the way up the Tonle Sap. It’s an amazing place to visit. Thanks for taking us on your trip.

Good job I enjoyed it

I got my con education the hard way many years ago in Manila. The taxi drivers there could teach a course. Glad you had a good time.

We took a taxi from Pattaya and the taxi driver took us to one of those offices. We fell for it :) They drove us through the border crossing, were a new taxi was waiting. So no standing in line, and i remember it as not so expensive.

Amazing place. Well worth visiting while in Cambodia

Looks great 👍 😊

The climate and food are doing you so good. You are looking younger all the time!

Hi, Lucus & Lan, I enjoyed your video. Angkor Watt is on my bucket list of places to see before I pass over. There is something special there. A Spiritual energy unique place. I would be interested in how it affects you. I look forward to the next video. Take care GOD Bless you and yours, M

Wonderful Lucas, can't wait for the visit to Angkor Wat ;o)

nice vlog. thanks.

Giant water bug or 'Maeng Da' was what she found. They are edible and can be cooked and eaten individually or pounded with a pestle and mortar and added to curry type dishes. We sometimes hunt them up here in Nakhon Ratchasima. The males contain a certain flavour that makes them more valuable. Typically, females sell for 5 baht and males for 10-15 baht. In the tourist areas of Bangkok bug sellers charge upwards of 50 baht for one already cooked.

wow! Thanks for sharing. Ankor Wat is also a dream destination for me. I can't wait to see your footage of it. I wondered about tickets. I didn't know if they do a certain allotment for the day or something. How did you do at the casino? Play any craps? That's my favorite game:) Hope you guys are having a wonderful week!

Did you visit Pub Street ? I do recommend the Red Piano . Great place to have a beer or a snack and watch the people walking by.

That was a good trip and something different. I sometimes work in Toronto I have probably been to the same N Chinese restaurants. I love the style of food.

Nice vid, saw some things I would never see otherwise.

You do find the Hotels and Food ..It appears as You could spends Days at the Temples . Great Tour. Safe Travels ....

that looked like what we called 'water bugs' in florida; saw them frequently in the 60s into the 70s. hadn't seen one since then, though.

This is already one of my most favorite videos from you. I know this border crossing like the back of my hand but I have just been in and out so many times. Nice to get a glimpse of what it is like if you take it a little further especially with the new rule to stay at least 1 night. Looking forward to next adventures 🙂

Hey man, you a retired dj? Good job on the music👍

:) WOW! Great share and Video! ENJOY :) ? Northern Chinese BBQ in Toronto? ? Sounds and looked good :) ALL the BEST and Cheers! :)

I had arranged for a guide for four days, and it was right after Sangkran. They were still celebrating I had left elephant island I wrote a bus from there from TRAT it was a very long trip. I had no trouble getting into the country because I had a visa and I met my guide. He was a few minutes late acceptable but the ride to Sim reap was interesting to say the least

Stiĺl on my list as well...great tips thanks.

Great job

Hello Lucas! Yep. I went to this crossing to get my Thai visa renewed and a guy tried to take my visa to "help me" for a mere 2500 Bhat. I snatched it back and walked into the Thai offices and paid a few hundred Bhat (I think it was 200) and after some back and forth between the Cambodian guards and the Thai Guards and buying a very nice, very pregnant Thai guard a large Green Tea Soi Latte I got my new Thai stamp. I did pay my driver 3000 Bhat to drive me there and back plus a lunch at a Kentucky Fried Chicken in one of the truck stops but it was all worth it and instead of a 12000 Bhat Bus trip they sell on one of those Ocean Road travel agencies in Pattaya I paid my driver 3000 plus a lunch and the visa fee to show I had left Thailand and entered Cambodia and then back again. Some funny moments walking back and forth between to the two border crossings and made some friends at the border. It was quite a day!

Took a side trip to Siam Reap/Angkor Wat around 2000's... Siam Reap was not developed up much yet, not like it is now... Booked a group tour, where the group never showed up, so it became a private tour... lol... It was AWESOME! but even then, the locals were selling off whatever wasn't nailed down for cash... Hope you went to Ta Prohm... It was magnificant... (where the trees grow out of the temple buildings)... guess will see in the next vid...

Great so far

Angkor Wat is a great visit. We flew from Bkk to Seam Reap a few years ago and stayed a couple of nights in a hotel called Angkor Paradise

Cambodia is such refreshing change when you been in Thailand too long.

Great stuff mate make ya videos longer it's good

That spice barbecue looked incredible!!!

Yep, poipet to siem reap is best by bus or taxi, angkor wat by old school tuk tuk, (motorbike pulling a cart) a busy one day trip or slow 2 days. quite a site to be seen, enjoy your trip, in kabinburi at present visiting grandson, enjoy and safe travels, ed

Thought you got a job driving a baht bus lol... love watching your videos always have😊

Greetings from the Windy City! Awesome episode!

All my years in SE Asia, I can't think of a single time I've seen okra.

The visa was $30 when I went - you just pay at the airport/border as part of entry, same in Laos. The shop's are just providing a service and applying a mark up.

That music at 4:40 had me bumping my head 😂😂🎉

I spent 5 days there and loved it.

Hey the shirt! You a Phillys fan? Enjoyed the video❤

I've lived in Thailand over 20 year in Sa Kaeo province and have made the reporting pilgrimage to Aranyaprathet (town on the border) every 3 months to retain my retirement visa . Never crossed over but have taken mates there who had the 'OA' visa to renew . Never a dull moment . You have to keep your wits about you ,a lot of 'stuff' happening

Looks beautiful

WOW, thats a trip id love.

The insect creature is typical for Tropical countries. There are hundreds of different types of bees butterflies and insects.

The E Visa is cheaper, as I recall. Easy enough. Needs to do it a week in advance.

LOL I love how your GF just picks that bug up whereas if it was me I'd be running to the other side of the street. I have entered Cambodia around 20 times in the past 6 years. The single entry "T" type tourist visa is indeed $30. Sometimes they ask for a passport sized photo, and if you don't have one they'll try to charge a few extra bucks. There's a "E" type "Business" visa for $35 that's for those wanting to stay beyond 60 days (the "T" can be extended once only, for an additional 30). The price of admission to Angkor Wat was over doubled a few years back, there was a bit of an uproar about it at the time.

Sa Keao is a great province, lots of history and culture. Been living here over 3 years but visited for over 10 years.

That’s my goal when I come for the first time, visit ankor wat and Siam reap

Tuktuk very different then Thailand……you will have a great time in Seim Reap😃

One thing I've noted is the best exchange rate, USD to Baht in Poi Pet is best I've found. if you have USD to exchange to baht is good deal.

On my bucket list too…. Was thinking of just taking a bus from Bangkok though..

I got coned there too on border… those buildings got burned down in horrible fire

More Cambodia content! I can tell you've gone native in Thailand referring to everything in Bhat as a yank when in Cambodia they use USD. Are you planning on heading down to Phnom Penh? Kep? etc etc

Cambodian food is great...was very surprised as to how cheap it was to eat there.

by plane a tourist visa is $30 for 1 month. an E Visa is $35 #'s are USD. note you can only extend a tourist visa by 1 month.