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Cambodian People Phnom Penh
21 Reviews Cambodian people and culture are great. There is a big push for people to learn English, and for Cambodians knowing English is the difference between a crappy job and a good one. So they will love...
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Temple Entry Pass Angkor Wat
28 Reviews Passes are required to enter the Angkor area. They are on sale at the front gate, on the main road from Siem Reap to Angkor Wat, for 1-day ($20), 3-day ($40), or 7-day ($60) intervals. The 3-day pass...
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Tonle Sap River Phnom Penh
12 Reviews I liked sitting here in the evenings every day. I went out by myself or not, sat down and watched river of people in all moods and shapes moving here, selling something or talking. This is like center...
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Siem Riep Angkor Wat
22 Reviews Hi, Whatever the above 3 VT members said, are absolutely TRUE, believe me... You will just fall in love with the surroundings, and be lost in time. Singapore ? don't waste your time with places that...
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Street Life Phnom Penh
8 Reviews At any rate, we went back to this same stand every day of our stay in Phnom Penh, sometimes twice. The young girl that manned it got the biggest kick out of us as we ordered the same thing every time,...
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Tourist Stuff Phnom Penh
7 Reviews When I took the 6-hour Mekong Express bus ride from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap to see the countryside, little did I know how fortunate I would be. The Fancy Guesthouse got seat 1D for me. It turned out...
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Traditional Markets Phnom Penh
3 Reviews A trip to at least one traditional market (psah) is a must. If you visit only one or two markets, begin with the Russian Market and the Central Market. Both offer curios, souvenirs and a cultural...
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Tuol Sleng Museum Phnom Penh
3 Reviews This former school was converted by the Khmer Rouge regime into a prison when they came to power in 1975. It was mainly used for purges within the Khmer Rouge. The Vietnamese Army 'liberated' it in...
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Killing Fields Phnom Penh
2 Reviews For anyone thinking of taking a moto / tuk tuk to the Killing Fields, don't do it. I'm not trying to put the poor bastards out of business, but a recent trip there was the bumpiest, most crazy ride...
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Royal Palace Phnom Penh
6 Reviews When visiting Palaces, museums, temples in Cambodia, remember to dress appropriately! You can wear a T-shirt accompanied by a pair of long pants or three-quarter Bermudas. The ticket office rents...
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Silver Pagoda Phnom Penh
1 Review Silver Pagoda: Wat Preah Keo, Next to Royal Palace The Royal Palace tickets are valid here. 7:30-11, 14:30-17 Pagoda of Emerald Buddha. The floor is covered with over 5000 silver tiles.No photography...
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We were very concerned before going to Cambodia in Jan 06 as we had read that there were no ATMs and as such took American Dollars. By the time we arrived there had been some ATMS installed in Phnom Penh and Siem Riep. There is really no need to get Cambodian currency as everything is done in US dollars and you will really only get Cambodian currency as change (ie US 50c change will come back in local currency)
Only small portion of Siem Reap residents benefited from tourism, majority of them still have carry on with their lives by other means. This is a regular market/street scene outside of Angkor Wat Archeological Park.Strange thing in Siem Reap where riders and pillion riders need not to wear crash helmet in the town or Angkor Archeological Park, but when they hit on highway #6 & #1, they will require to wear one. This may attribute to high mortality rate on these 2 highways.Do insist for one crash helmet if you engage the rider service. If you worry about the hygiene of the helmet, we cover your hair with cap or scarf before putting the helmet on.
Some of this dug ups are not yet identified to be attached to any part of the temple yet. It's like a jigsaw puzzle set with all the heavy pieces. Can't wait for puzzle to be solved!Anyway, every piece is labeled with some form of labeling system? Wonder I can make some computer sales over there?Anyway, not too worry because they have some systematic way of recording those pieces and may they just waiting to find some connecting pieces before finally putting them up.
Phnom Bakheng offers panoramic views of Angkor Wat, Angkor Thum and the surrounding areas. It is best visited in the late afternoon for a spectacular sunset.Remember to check out my Packing List Tips for some essentials before you're to visit Phnom Bakheng for sunset.Please note that you're here to see sunset & not sunbathing. I see a lot of people got up to the top very early in order to get a nice spot. But, they all looks toasted before the sun starting to set.
This is also a regular scene in 3rd world country where majority of the people still believe in traditional/herbal medicines.The medicine man will normally perform some stunts by deliberately hurting himself with boiling oils or sharp object. And after the acts, they will apply whatever products that he is promoting to show rapid recovery of the wounds.Guys, please do not perform the stunt at home because these guys are highly trained with skills to promote their medicines.
Sorry for divert your attention from all the solid old ruins to this tiny flower. I found this particular flower grow in between pave stones leading to Preah Ko's towers. And the soil is dusty and really dry, and the wee flower just grown out between the pave stones.It reminded me of Cambodian live under extreme poverty, yet their dignity still very much intact (minus the Khmer Rouge part).
We have decided to engage a Cambodian tour guide prior to our trip at Siem Reap. After reading some good reviews for Amazing Angkor company, we emailed to engage Panha's service to show us around. Initially we were having some reserves as we have no idea what to expect from their local agency service. Afterall, it was our first time to Cambodia.After our 5days trip I must say that Panha is a very good and responsible tour guide that has our interests in mind. He would advise according to our interest and provide us the best. We had no worries, as we leave everything to him to plan. All we need were to request and he would try his best to arrange to our satisfaction. Thumb up for his service and hope he excel in his charitable projects.Tour Guide, Panha Ou: +855-12-820570Website: www.amazingangkor.com
Cambodia uses its own money the Riel as well as the US dollar. There are 4000 Riel to the dollar so if you pay for 75 cent bottle of water with a dollar note you get 1000 Riel change. Sounds strange at first but you soon get used to it. Dollar notes must not be torn otherwise no-one will accept them. On the other hand some of the Riel notes in circulation look like they date back to when Ankor wat was built and have the feel of toilet paper.
"Off the Rails in Phnom Penh" — Guns. Girls and Ganja by Amit Gilboa is a repellent but popular book dealing with such murky subjects as prostitution and the like. It gives you a good insight into the seedier side of the country and how foreigners use the poverty to their advantage.
north-east Ratanakiri province, situated in the mountaneous, rain-forest region of Cambodia- a hardly known area which is actually one of the most interesting parts of the country Last year I spent three weeks of my summer holidays in a South-East Asia country. I had made team with a group of Belgian travellers gathered collectively towards the goal of exploring Cambodia. A belgian travel operator ('Joker') proposed this journey, with modalities supposedly to be accepted upon enrolling (plane and local transportation costs, a largely worked-out daiy schedule, hotel bookings...)I had a really nice stay overall speaking : I enjoyed the trip and the cotravellers.During my stay one feature of the Cambodians' daily life really called my attention so that I came to reflect upon my own 'cultural going-about' being a West European person. The question appeared to be how, or more properly put,...
Raffles Hotel Le Royal Phnom Penh
9 Reviews and 371 Opinions Raffles Hotel Le Royal is the premier hotel in Phnom Penh. The hotel was first established in 1929...
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La Residence d'Angkor Siem Reap
1 Review and 372 Opinions The hotel is simply splendid. The spa is the ideal manner for relaxing after a long sightseeing of...
Au Cabaret Vert Battambang
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Q: I have only 6 days in Asia - planing to go through Cambodia and Vietnam and do a quick sight seeing tour through both countries ....
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