That's the headline I would  have used if I was smart and had written a blog post before leaving for Vietnam! But I couldn't let a good pun go to waste.

Technically I will be back in Saigon the day after tomorrow, anyway, so maybe on some level it works ... OK, no it doesn't. Moving on. 

I arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday and had a very smooth arrival here, thanks to having done some research about the right bus company to take (Giant Ibis for the win!). The process couldn't have been easier: I bought the ticket online, Giant Ibis came and picked me up at my hotel in Phnom Penh, we left almost exactly on time, and arrived at the Vietnam border around noon. Our passports had been collected prior to letting us out at a café just across the Cambodian border and they were processed while we ate lunch. Easy! Then we just hopped back on the bus, drove about 20 feet, got off with our luggage and made our way through passport control in about 2 seconds.