We happily hitched a ride from a kind Thai fellow in order to reach the Thai - Cambodia border at Daun Lem.

Welcome to Cambodia, the border town being a suitably dusty dump of a place. We had just enjoyed a bartering session with the bent Cambodian immigration officials over the price of the visa. He wanted 2000 baht. We paid 1600. Fair deal.

The astonishing sight of millions of bats flying out of their cave at dusk, near Battambang, Cambodia. They stream out like this for about 2 hours, apparently.

Bats near Battambang.

Bats near Battambang, with the flat Cambodian plains streching away into the distance. A very large amount of the land seen here remains dangerously covered in land mines, so not a place for independent trekking. This area of north western Cambodia also remains a popular hangout for Khymer Rouge war criminals.