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windows for fresh air.. by mizzzthanggg
The Lonely Planet warned that Highway 6 from the border town of Poipet to Siem Reap was something of a joke... but our butts were not laughing (yes, this photo shows you what the highways looked like)... Leave a Comment
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 it's late... it's dark..
somebody help us! by mizzzthanggg
Pitch black all around and it had to happen.. all we could hear were pigs snorting in the nearby villages but had NO idea what was around us... there are no street lights, no emergency telephones, no nothing... when I called the travel agent in Siem Reap where we booked the car from, we didn't get much sympathy and were only give some non-committal grunts when we asked him to come save us...
Finally we were helped by a pickup truck full of Khmers sitting on a whole bunch of punctured tyres... our driver didn't even have any tools in his car!! It was amazing he had a spare tyre at all...
Kusumadevi can be seen here saying a prayer for us... Leave a Comment
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 immigration officers at
thai/cambodian border by mizzzthanggg
We finally found a nice young lad who seemed more accomodating than the rest to drive us to Siem Reap... and negotiated a good price.. before the tourist police himself came along and had WORDS with the poor boy and in the end we had to pay the 'standard' price which the other touts had quoted to us previously...
And be warned too that the driver DOESN'T drive you all the way to Siem Reap, they actually drop you off at a town halfway and you have to switch cars...
But it was all part of the experience! ;) Leave a Comment
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I would not call this a danger, but I think it might be helpful to know that a short trip to Angkor like ours can be quite expensive. You have to pay 20 USD for the visa, 40 USD for a three-day pass to visit the temples, 20 USD per day for a driver+car, and, what is new, 25 USD departure tax when flying out of Siem Reap (before it was only 10 USD). Leave a Comment
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 Please go away and never come
back! by i-s-a
Please let us be a responsible travellers and report suspicious acts to the authorities. Leave a Comment Phone: (023) 720-555
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 Filthy toilets by Tina-Perth
Some people carry a toilet roll, but I think that's totally unnecessary. Take a wad of tissues, or a soft-pack (what I carry). Wet wipes are available in the same soft packs which are travel sized and are great for cleaning your hands and just generally handy . If you cannot find regular wipes, look in the baby section of your supermarket for baby wipes.
With the amount of food poisoning that happens in Cambodia, it is extremely important to be prepared.
The toilets are abysmal at the complex. They cost 500 riel to use, so ensure you have change. The toilet next to the one pictured was actually much worse - too bad to take a picture of. This one did not flush. Leave a Comment
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You will be reminded of the effects of mines everyday in Cambodia as there are so many maimed and limbless people begging in the streets.
Areas frequented by tourists are cleared of mines, but make sure you stick to the worn paths. If you must venture outside of the main areas, be very careful and make sure you get some local information, there are still a lot of uncleared ones out there. You will see the signs warning of mines. Take notice. Leave a Comment
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 Is this REALLY the way
through? by Tommiandtanja
In Bang Melea, a few hours drive from Siem Reap, thereīs a temple site that has not been unearthened. It is an interesting, but dangerous place, as there are no stairs, or handles where to grab into. Thereīs a route going through the site and the locals are kind enough to tell you the direction where to go, as there is no way of finding the way yourself. Itīs a lot of climbing and hoping not to fall down 5 meters. Leave a Comment
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More than one million visitors in a year come to Siem Rap to visit the Angkor temples. This amount is increasing fast. The visitors come from all over the world, but the majority of visitors are from Asia. Especially the visitors from Japan, South Korea and China are the growing market.
In november we came at the start of the tourist season. I was surprised to see the traffic jam at the south gate of Angkor Thom arriving in the morning. Minibuses, private cars, tuktuks, motos, elephants, pedestrians, all tried to pass the gate at almost the same time.
When we visited the bas-reliefs of the Bayon (Angkor Thom) at the time of the best sunlight, we coudn't see hardly the reliefs because of the many visitors. For making a picture of the reliefs or the temples you have to be very patient to have not to many people at your picture. So I decided to make pictures with people or .... even with lots of people.
If you have enough time, you can try to visit the temples at other times than most visitors do. Friends told me that they manage to do so. Leave a Comment
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 Tuk Tuk by Tina-Perth
The very bumpy, pothole-filled roads would make for a very uncomfortable ride. It's ok on city streets, but if you head out to somewhere like the Killing Fields, the roads are atrocious.
Cambodia is a great dust-bowl. As you drive along the dirt roads, at times there is so much dust that you can barely see the vehicle in front of you. If you have sensitive eyes, make sure you have eyedrops at hand.
Thick plumes of black exhaust also cloud the view if you're driving near a heavy vehicle. If you get affected by fumes such as these, it could be advisable to take a dust mask with you.
Another warning about the tuk tuks is to be careful of your belongings. Young boys will run up and snatch whatever they can reach. Leave a Comment
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