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Take the bus to Trat (Eastern Bus Terminal in Bkk), change bus to the border, after crossing either by moto taxi or taxi to Koh Kong town. From there take another bus to SHKV. The road Koh Kong to SHKV has been repaired and there is no reason to take the boat ferry any more. connecting KK to SHKV. Boat was discontinued when the road was finished. Bus from KK to SihanoukVille, about $10usd.
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An easy way to get from Thailand into Sihanoukville, on the Cambodian coast, is by way of the fast boat. It also provides a nice way to do a loop from eastern Thailand-Sihanoukville-Phnom Penh-Siem Reap-Thailand, (if you are on a short visit and want to see the highlights of Cambodia without doing a lot of back-tracking.)
From Trat, Thailand, blue air-conditioned mini-busses make the run to the border from the new bus station whenever they get a full load of ten passengers. That is fairly often. The one-and-a-quarter-hour trip costs 110 Baht and is non-negotiable (by my ability anyway).
The border transit is fairly smooth, though a line tends to form at the Cambodian Point of Entry office where the application and fees are paid at one window and your passport with the new visa picked up at another. The 30-day visa cost $25.
(to be continued)
