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Poipet,
Bantey Manchey Province is one of the two border checkpoint
between Cambodia
and Thailand. It is located at 450km NW of Phnom Penh on RN5 (12
hours of drive on very bad road), and 3 hours away by car from
Battambang and Siem Reap airports on National Road 6.
it
is
currently
Cambodia’s largest commune, with a population of nearly 100 000
people. Most of its inhabitants migrated from other provinces, attracted by the
border-location. People earn a cheap living working in
Thailand, spending a
23 cents daily-fee at the border
to get only 1.15 $ working as vendors or porters in
Aranyaprathet.
Misery and poverty neighbour the luxury
of nearby casinos where crooked rich people come to launder money,
deal drugs and encourage
prostitution. |
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