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The following are accepted facts when booking transport in Cambodia:

• Two hours will mean four… or more.
• Descriptions like ‘VIP’ and ‘Air-con’ are unrelated to the actual trip you are booking (they are simply added to make the sign eye-catching)
• Booking a ‘seat’ does not guarantee and actual seat, contortionist manoeuvres may be required

We were told the journey from Kampot to Saigon would be about 8 hours, we thought 12 was probably a more reasonable estimate. We thought wrong…