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FCC (Foreign Correspondent Club)   Phnom Penh

FCC (Foreign Correspondent Club), Phnom Penh

 8 Reviews  The FCC is extremely popular with tourists and ex-pats alike, and although it has a great location with a fantastic rooftop bar offering great views, it wasn’t the place for us. The drinks were... 

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Hearts of Darkness   Phnom Penh

Hearts of Darkness, Phnom Penh

 7 Reviews  Last Saturday night, it was just packed. Good music, good crowd and reasonably priced drinks. Went with a group of friends, and spent a bit of time in the quieter upstairs bar overlooking the... 

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Riverside   Phnom Penh

Riverside, Phnom Penh

 5 Reviews  We only ventured out one night while in Phnom Penh, to meet a fellow traveler we had met on the Mekong Delta trip that brought us to the Cambodian capital. The Pink Elephant was an okay travelers’ pub... 

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Martini   Phnom Penh

Martini, Phnom Penh

 3 Reviews  Not my kind of place but I decided to check it out anyways. It has the following features: - Western disco - Outside bar - 120" movie screen - Free bands - Free pool tables Martini's is well known as... 

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The Siem Reap Pub Crawl

by PA68

For a small town Siem Reap actually has a pretty good selection of nightlife spots. Over a three night period I reckon myself and two guys from Australia and America hit most of the bars around the central part town. Here's recommendations for just a few places:The Ivy: Great laid-back, expat owned bar with food and a pool table. Good place to start an evening out.Angkor What?: Late night drinking place. Always manages to pull a crowd due to its listing in Lonely Planet and Rough Guide.Zanzybar: Not the most peaceful place for guys to try and play a game of pool.Laundry Bar: Pretty stylish expat owned bar. Quiet when I visited (where wasn't) but I think this place could be kickin' in high-season.Martinis: Khmer style nightclub. Very dark. Good place to end the evening.Sok San Palace: Go here if you need a drink when Martinis winds up. Very late night, very loud music and Karaoke. Mainly...

Karaoke in Battambang

by PA68

Battambang is a pretty sleepy town at night and your choice of watering holes centres around a few Karaoke places. I ventured into one that was obviously having a quiet night and was mobbed by something like 13 beer girls at once. I counted 7 wearing Heineken uniforms alone. They formed a circle around me and shouted the name of their respective brands of beer in my ear until I surrendered. Heineken was the winner due to the fact they managed to drown out every other brewery. They then left me alone and formed something resembling a rugby scrum around some other unsuspecting soul who'd just wandered in.What's the point of this tip? Can't remember. It was just a funny moment I wanted to share with you all.

Heart of Darkness: Late Night Drinking in Phnom Penh

by PA68

More a bar than a nightclub. A Phnom Penh institution that's open 'til late. This bar has decent music and as diverse a crowd as you'll can expect from a bar listed in the Lonely Planet.Sorry, no photo. You don't think I'm taking my camera to the pub do you? I don't think there is any. Silly pants are best avoided though.

Cost of a dance with a lady

by dln6874

In a dance club we ended up in one of the nights, all the girls were sitting on one side while all the guys sat on the other side of the dance floor for some reason. No one was dancing. Regardless, we were having a great time dancing on our own. After a while, some girls came up to our guys and asked them for a dance. The guys seemed quite happy until at the end - when the girls asked them for money....

Old Market: Walk Around the Old Market

by herzog63

Walking around the Old Market of Siem Reap is pretty fun! You can buy the regular Junk touristy stuff to some pretty cool locally made hand crafted items. There lot's of food vendors too. You can try some of the local snacks or buy fruit. There are quite a few bars also. I didn't go to any so I don't have any recomendations. But Siem Reap is small enough that you can enjoy an evening stroll and not get lost...Unless you are staying way out of town. It's amazing but I never took any photos in the Old Market as I only went there at night and I didn't have a flash for my camera. So I'm sorry...No photo for this tip!

Naga Floating Casino: Casino

by Sharrie

The only casino existing in Phnom Pehn, moored behind Hotel Cambodiana. Catering mostly to Asian customers.No casinos are allowed to operate within 200 km of Phnom Pehn after 1999 when prominent Chinese businessmen were kidnapped. Naga belongs to Genting International, a prominent Malaysian group which operates the Genting Highlands Casino in Malaysia.

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Movies

by Sharrie

I read in Lonely Planet that cinamas in Phnom Penh are crowded & best avoided. Also, often only porno films are being screened. Anyone can confirm how true this is? Since we don't understand a single word of Khmer, we had never considered going to the movies. But, just out of curiousity, I've taken this photo while we drove past it. It reminds me of those Indian cinema theaters in Indonesia which I frequently past by while being chauffered to school. Just a trip down memory lane :-)

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Chao Praya Restaurant: Local Folk Dance

by Sharrie

This is basically a buffet restaurant in Siem Reap where we were entertained with local folk dancing & some stories from the Ramayana Epic. I've enjoyed both the food & the show very much. The dancers performed professionally & it was entertaining to watch the enthusiasm & expressions of the dancers with each different type of dances. Most importantly, it's a very affordable outlet. The buffet costs US$12 per head & the show is free! A fabulous way to spend the evening.For those interested, the food served includes those from Vietnam, Thailand, Mongolia (yep, Mongolia!), Japanese & naturally Cambodian. It's the best way to sample all kinds of cuisine available in here. Chao Praya Restaurant has outlets both in Phnom Penh & Siem Reap. BUT, for the show itself, it's only available in Siem Reap!

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walkabout hotel: walkabout at night

by eelaine

basically it's not very safe to move around phnom penh when night falls.. so, if you want something to do at night, try to stay at places with nightlife or at least very nearby.. the walkabout hotel has quite a decent bar which serves a good variety of food and drinks.. they also offer pool tables and the movie on the tv.. nice place for a laid back evening.. just about anything is fine.. as we were staying there, we even went down in our pajamas one rainy night for hot tea..

Forget that.Give a little.

by jio

Forget that.Give a little.The market is alive in Cambodia. You could probably swap old shoes for three and a half ducks. Trade your comrades rucksack maybe. 'Dollah or Riel?'. Either way, it means more to them than to you. Bargining techniques are learnt here. A tip? well, start at zero and work up. Every little boy wants to be a pinapple farmer, so make his dream.

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Top 3 Hotels in Cambodia

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... 

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Au Cabaret Vert  Battambang

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