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Old Feb 18, 2011 | 4:38 am
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Originally Posted by jiejie
If things ever got REALLY bad, air travel back to BKK is an option, though pricey. Also, going overland to Sihanoukville then via the coast route to the Koh Kong/Hat Lek-Trat crossing usually always remains a pretty reliable option.
If things got bad enough to block the border at Poipet, I'm fairly sure they would close the other borders and halt flights as well. But, as you said, this is highly unlikely.

And to the OP: there's several hundred kilometers of near-impassably dense jungle between Angkor Wat and Preah Vihear.
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