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Popular Warnings or Dangers | Miscellaneous Warnings or Dangers Tips | All Tips (67) If you come here in monsoon, expect to have at least 1 or 2 hours of rain every day. This can be very inconvenient if you are in the middle of a temple visit and have nowhere to hide, or if you are riding a motorbike.So bring always with you a rain anorak or a little umbrella, just in case.
Rain usually falls in the afternoons... Leave a Comment
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We visited Angkor Wat temples as a family - and my kids certainly found their personal space invaded - from the moment you stepped out of your vehicle! Vehicles are met by a bevy of peddlers - with books, T-Shirts (by the thousand!), sarongs, little woven baskets, postcards, cheap bracelets etc - even when you went to the toilet! Eating lunch at the makeshift restaurants was also not safe - they hovered and waited for their chance at every destination! Daughter even had a staffmember at a restaurant ask quite seriously for her Billabong cap! A lot of these sellers were small children, and they often moved in "packs" - quite persistent, and targeting children. Although persistent, they were usually easily brushed off if you weren't interested - and plenty of other targets coming up behind you. Some of them were quite nasty if you took interest, and then did not buy - or if you were surrounded (as I was - because I love to shop) - and did not buy from ALL! "why you buy from her, and not me?".
The cry of "one darlar" will always be memorable - kids ask for this even if you take their pic!
Also confronted by a policeman in a temple, offering to sell his badge - well this was my interpretation!
Advised that the young men inside the temples offering to "guide" , and telling stories of needing money for their studies, is usually a "tale" - and, basically anyone in the temples making money, have to share with police etc. Nevertheless, the info they have is still quite good - as long as you bargain hard, and realise what the deal is. It is almost impossible for a Cambodian to get a guide license, as it costs rougly US $1200 (according to our driver), and this is not possible to save - by honest means.
We loved the holiday - and had many laughs about the barrage of people. Not a bad experience for the kids, as they needed to think about why these people are forced to engage in these behaviours - and maybe go home counting their blessings - and their space!
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Normally, I wouldn't put seeing monkeys as a danger, but these things stole my friends hat. And then ran away!! They are the coolest little things, and seeing them in the wild was another first for me, so I was super excited! I was able to get one of them to hold my finger, but I wasn't able to get a shot of that, as I was holding on to my stuff real tight. Plus, we couldn't stop laughing at our friend. Anyway, I was able to get this shot of the monkeys in our tuk-tuk.
Be careful with your little trinkets and hats! Leave a Comment
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Do not listen to anyone who wants to be your helper, guide or photographer or offers a ride or a drink to you. There are many scams and touts there so, stick to your plan and your official tour guide and just ignore these people if they approach you. Leave a Comment
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My guide book stated that there are still active landmines around the area of the temples. However, there are clearly marked paths that have been worn down by the amount of traffic, so as long as you stay to the beaten path, you will be fine. Just remember that a few years ago, it wasn't safe to come here, as there were shootings everyday. So, I would tend to believe the landmine story. Better to come back alive and in one piece! Leave a Comment
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