Wolfgang's photos with the keyword: Aranyaprathet

It is a key crossing point between the two countries, and also extremely popular as a gambling destination as gambling is popular, but illegal in Thailand. There is a strip of casinos and hotels between the Cambodian and Thai passport control counters, enabling Thais to gamble in Cambodia without needing to go through Cambodian immigration.

A giant number of Thai people every day cross the border just for gambling due the Thai law does not allow games of luck on Thai territory. Thai business people manage three casinos in Poipet.

The Poipet border is the terminus of the Thai railway system, though in 2006 restoring of a link from Poipet to the present Cambodian Railways railhead at Sisophon was proposed. In the fall of 2008, an agreement was prepared to have an Australian company carry out this work.

We crossed the border with the help of local people who pull us and baggage on a pushcart.