We got up at 5:25 and we're picked up at 6:45 for a departure of 7:30 from the bus station. We spent over five and a half hours getting back to Phnom Penh. It wasn't direct as we were told, so we needed to hang around and have lunch for a 2:00 pm departure. By the time we had been shuffled to another bus by van, it was a 2:30 departure. There were more people than seats, so around eight passengers had to sit on folding chairs in the aisle.
The bus had air conditioning that hardly kept up with the sun and heat. By around 5:30 pm we were at the border. Getting out of Cambodia was easy even though the line was long. Getting into Vietnam was ridiculous. The bus drivers for all busses collected all passports and then tried to find one of the three or four officers who'd stamp the whole pile. Of course we had all luggage to be scanned as well.
At around 7:15 we were on the road again. Some local pasengers apparently without proper paperwork were dropped off in advance of the border post but we picked them up a few kilometers on the other. I can only ass e they arranged to be snuggled across.
It got dark. We stopped in Saigon at 10:15. We were close to downtown and just hailed a taxi for a 70,000 dong and were at the hotel in a few minutes.
Let me sleep.