Post office – Bus station

In Cambodia there is a post office but it's not used much, instead, I must pick up and drop off envelopes at the bus station.



Figure 1 The Capital bus station in Kampong Cham

When something arrives, the attendant calls you on your mobile phone number that is on the package. When you arrive to pick you parcel up, you give them your phone number (yes the phone number not your name). They check this against the log book. Then they call the number on the parcel and check that it is your phone that is ringing. Then you can sign for the parcel.



Figure 2 Waiting for my signature



Figure 3 Other parcels waiting for pickup

This process was not completely new to me. It's very similar to the process used in Fez, Morocco when you send money by Western Union. You put the person's name on the send to and their mobile phone number, when the money arrives; they call the person and check their id.