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Guide at Ta Keo

by woosoowei

Sometimes you'll met some local who speaks decent foreign language waiting at temples and try to be friendly and offer their explainations. Normally they'll start with "Where do you come from?" Of course they'll ask for tips after some 3mins of history. My friend gave them Rels amounting to about USD1++ for their 'kind assistance', and luckily they're happy with it. You may hire a private guide, read your books, or like my friends who had learnt his lesson, asnwer "I'm from Cambodia", haha!

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NO FREE tour guide here- ANGKOR

by vuzu

Remember there's no free lunch in the world. So, when there's a guy who said to be a FREE tour guide in Angkor or Siem Reap and willing to show you around, simply say thanks and NO. All these TOUR Guides will eventually ask some tips from you after the tour if you take them.

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Try to support Cambodia - not France.....

by thedouglas

We were amazed by the local living standards in Siem Reap - in the surrounding of a relatively small country town, with seemingly dozens of high class European hotels. Whilst these hotels must generate much local employment, the incomes of the locals are very meagre. Roughly US$10 per week, have been told. A bottle of water at the side of the road is typically US$1.We asked to be taken to Camodian places, which our driver was happy to oblige with. When we went shopping for silk, also asked to be taken to a Cambodian co-op, rather than buying from the French controlled silk farm.

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Book Sellers

by Tina-Perth

Practically anywhere touristy that you go, your car will be surrounded by throngs of beggars or people selling books before you've had the chance to even get out.At Angkor you will find many children running up to you, all wanting to sell you their books. They will usually start off at around US$2 each if you say you are coming back. They try to "bags" you and say that you must buy from them when you come back. When you do return (and they are waiting), the books will no longer be $2, but up to $10 each. They will argue that the other book was different. For the sake of giving them a go, because at least they weren't begging, I did pay up to $5, because it is cheap really, even though they insisted it was $8.The books seem to be seconds with some pages having blurred pictures (as I found out later), but they do have some good books.Don't get caught paying over $5 each though, unless...

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don't give into the burger craving

by richiecdisc

I’m not one to get a burger craving often and I never go to McDonald’s, even when I’m home but after two months in Southeast Asia, I found myself wanting just that; a big juicy burger. The Ivy Bar was supposed to have the best bar food in town and it looked like the real McCoy with its big wooden bar and typical clustered tables emanating from it. We sat ourselves down and ordered a couple of brews and two burgers for $12.50. The beers went down easily enough and though the burgers were big and looked good on arrival, we greedily bit into what turned out to be very dry examples of the form. Doreen’s particular choice was drenched in HP sauce, an English condiment that seemed incongruous on the American standby. Sometimes I guess you should just wait until you get home for the thing you are missing. Of course, now I miss the Cambodian stew I could have had instead.

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Artisans d`Angkor

by Tommiandtanja

The EU is funding this school of artisans, sculptors, painters etc and some money they get by selling produced artifacts, such as buddha heads and other stuff. The school was a nice place to visit, but better made buddha heads can be found at the market.

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The Infamous 'Toilet Stop'

by Mel&Mike

Our driver seemed to enjoy stopping the bus in little towns which had hard to find toilets. The real purpose seem to be to allow locals to sell postcards, bracelets, etcs. By locals I should say kids. They are bright, funny and have no problems communicating in English. The kids appreciate pens, paper, crayons, stamps, pennies, etc. Of course, they prefer cold hard American cash BUT graciously accept any of the above.They really do seem to just want to touch and talk to you. Be prepared to be mobbed, hold your pockets, smile and enjoy their chatter. Fly

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Expensive Exchange!!!

by Mel&Mike

When you first cross the border your driver will probably take you to an exchange place. DON'T DO IT :) - the rates are outrageous and of course they will tell you to get 'riel' but all local business people seem to prefer American dollars and will sometimes refuse the riels

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Roads in Angkor don't close

by thomyorke

It was on our second day going around the temples. since we got already tired around late in the afternoon, we told the driver of the tuktuk to bring us to the town center but use the longer way instead so we could pass by other temples that we haven't seen cos we plan to bike the next day. but he said, they close the roads during that time which was around 3pm. the next day when we went biking around Angkor, we never saw anything about roads being closed during that time. Insist on the driver that you wanna go there. maybe tell that you've been there already. i learned that some tuktuk drivers would tell you that the restaurant you wanna go to is close instead they'd bring you to the restaurants which give them big commission.

Shops you didnt ask for

by LotusV8

Most of the driver asks you to visit some shops so they can get their petroltickets by the shops owner, this is terrible and a waste of time. Alright, I visited some shops because Mr Pidor was really a friend of us, but I told him that after 2 shops it was finished. A bit more expensive Taxi never do this thing, so if You have a lot of money this is the way for You.

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