Kep to Phu Quoc overland

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More change still, comes courtesy of the border with Vietnam finally officially opening. Yes, the Cambodia/Vietnam border is open and travellers with a valid Vietnamese visa can enter Vietnam at the Prek Chak / Xa Xia crossing a twenty minute motorbike ride from Kep.

More commonly referred to as the Ha Tien crossing, Canby says this point has been open since May. Phil (you remember him, right?) says it’s possible to make it from Kep to Phu Quoc in about 8 hours at a cost of about $33.00. But about that 20 minute motobike ride:

The last section of the dirt road to the border post has turned from OK to horrific over the wet season and is unapproachable by tuk tuk. We swapped onto some motorbikes for the last two kilometres and negotiated with them to take us all the way over the border to the Ha Tien bus station, a few kilometres into Vietnam and just over the bridge from Ha Tien town … The journey from Kep to Ha Tien bus station took roughly two and a half hours.

Mileage may vary.