Hell Train

So to get from Bangkok into Cambodia for a couple days, we looked into the cheapest way to do it. Well we sure found it, it cost 1.50 for a 5 hour train to get to the border of Cambodia. And man did it feel like forever. At first at 530 in the morning, it wasn't so bad. The train was half empty and the air was cool. But as the day went on we made periodic stops along the way and the train started to fill up rather quickly. Not only that but it just got hotter and hotter as the day went on.

So this is kinda what it looked like for the 5 hours we were on the train. We guarded our seats like pit bulls to make sure we didn't lose them.
As we approached the border, we were greeted by 5 and 6 year old kids that try there best to offer a hand to tired and exhausted foriegners. They run up to you with there umbrella's and walk right next to you for the 500 ft or so to the border. Even when you tell them to stop or go away, they stay right next to you. At the border they begin begging you for money, and it doesn't stop. They even try and come into the border security until they get kicked out of the building.

It is very similar to going down to Mexico, and crossing the bridges there where you are greeted by 100's of poverty kids tring to get you to buy chitlets. You know, the little pieces of gum. They try and get you to buy 1 piece of gum for a quarter, only in Cambodia they want you to use there umbrella so they can beg you for a quarter. It is very sad and you really want to give them something, but the problem is that you are only allowing the problem to continue.