end of the dancing road....

for subscribers contemplating taking the overland route from Thailand to Siem Reap for Angkor Wat, the motorway from the frontier at Poipet to Siem Reap is now open, and the notorious unmade 'dancing road' is history. What was once a five hour slog from the frontier is now driveable in 2 hours, and the complete overland journey from Pattaya can be done in less than 8 hours, allowing an hour and a half at Aranyaprathet/Poipet for immigration formalities and airconditioned lunch/gambling at one of the casinos in no-man's land. Cambodian visas must be obtained in advance at the consulate in Aranyaprathet before leaving Thailand as they are not issued at the frontier immigration desk. A change of vehicle at the frontier is still necessary. If anyone has succeeded in driving across in a private car recently perhaps they would let us know how it was done.

[Beachlover]

Has anyone done Pattaya to Siem Reap recently with the new road?

Care to give a trip report?... How long does it take? How much does it cost?... What are the conditions like?... Who should you use?

[bao-bao]

for subscribers contemplating taking the overland route from Thailand to Siem Reap for Angkor Wat, the motorway from the frontier at Poipet to Siem Reap is now open, and the notorious unmade 'dancing road' is history. What was once a five hour slog from the frontier is now driveable in 2 hours, and the complete overland journey from Pattaya can be done in less than 8 hours, allowing an hour and a half at Aranyaprathet/Poipet for immigration formalities and airconditioned lunch/gambling at one of the casinos in no-man's land. Cambodian visas must be obtained in advance at the consulate in Aranyaprathet before leaving Thailand as they are not issued at the frontier immigration desk. A change of vehicle at the frontier is still necessary. If anyone has succeeded in driving across in a private car recently perhaps they would let us know how it was done.
A constructive post about this would be very interesting. I hope someone can step up and share details.

[pong]

not so new-a few monthes already.
frankly-for this general stuff use the normal and well-known traveller fora-they tend to be much better uptodate.
the best site for all of Khmerlands borderposts+more info is www.talesofasia.com (http://www.talesofasia.com).
the other road into Cambodia-via trat-Haat lek borderpost into Koh Kong has also got a decent road sine a year or 2-you can now catch direct bus to pnom Penh from that border.
site canbypublications.com has listings for all of Camb's buses+times.