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Russian Market   Phnom Penh

Russian Market, Phnom Penh

 19 Reviews  More commonly referred by foreigners as Russian market. It was where Russians shopped during the 1980s. Best place in town for souvenirs and clothes shopping. It has a large range of real and fake... 

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Central Market (Pasah Thmay)   Phnom Penh

Central Market (Pasah Thmay), Phnom Penh

 19 Reviews  Central Market (Phsar Thmei, which means New Market) is on the corner of Street 67 & Street 136. The building these markets are in is a landmark in Phnom Penh due to their unique style. The... 

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...: Support the little roadside shops when you can.

by cachaseiro

Along the roads of Cambodia you see many little shops in small wooden houses.Most of them sell dinks that they have in a cooler, but from time to time you also see other things for sale.if you are driving along the cambodian roads then why not stop at one of these places and buy your drink instead of buying it all at big places in the city.A can of coke is a can of coke and if you buy it from these little places then you help a local low income family with todays finances.These little shops are mostly run by the mother in the family as the families live in the house that is the shop and she tries to make a little extra income there while her husband is out fishing or in the rice fields.this is one place where buying 2 cans of coke can really make a positive difference for a family, so do that please.

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Les Artisans d'Angkor: Reproduction Angkor Art that benefits young Khmers

by Rodan44

Les Artisans d'Angkor is a craft school in Siem Reap that trains young rural Khmers in the ancient Angkor-era skills of stone carving, wood carving, lacquer, and silk weaving. Funded largely by European donors, the goal of the school is to encourage a revival in these traditional crafts while at the same time creating a generation of self-supporting skilled craftsmen. Most of the work produced is in reproductions of classic Angkor-era art, including stone elephants, wooden apsaras, silk clothing, and lacquer dishes displaying scenes taken from temple bas reliefs.Upon visiting the school, you will be given a brief tour through the various workshops where you will see the young craftsmen and their teachers hard at work. Then you can browse the showroom which contains many fine pieces created by these talented students. Tours are available in English, French, German, Japanese, Thai, Chinese...

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Samatoa Silk Shop: Tailor Made Silk Clothing

by Michel69

In the main shop located in front of the provincial hospital, a large range of nice silk clothing available ''made to measure'' in 24h. You can also come with your own model or drawing for tailor made. Samatoa do their own quality silk in the village and tailor the clothes in Siem Reap. They support fairtrade and their way to process natural silk seems totally ecological. A second shop newly opened is located in the ground floor of Lucky Mall and proposes a collection of silk handbags, scarves, purses... Tailor Made silk dress 80-180 USD

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Russian Market: Why Russian

by radzuanm

You can almost everything here at a very cheap price. Do some bargain. But don't rely on your Cambodian guide to bargain for you because they simply wouldn't do that. Why? I think because Cambodian is a very proud people. The don't beg and they don't bargain....hmmm.... But personlly you can do it yourself. The shopper are friendly. Opss refer above Everything is in USD. But with USD 50 be prepared to bring back lot of clothes.

various: Cambodian shopping

by zuhur

Silk can be found in cheap or expensive forms. Tablecloths, cushion covers, purses (as low as $5 as high as $30 or $40). Raw silk blouses and shirts at Russian market for $6 each (maybe less) - Also wrap around skirts, great looking, long, design on the bottom. Wonderful pieces of silk with ikat, you can tie it like a sarong. All the same items were in the market at Angkor Wat. Then, also at the high end, there are artisan shops - as in a workshop you can visit in Angkor Wat. Or at Khmer Attitude - fancy shop I really liked the silk blouses with long belled sleeves and wrap around, so they are snug at the waist. These were expensive at Khmer Attitude and well-made. They had cute silk purses plain brigh colors, $30, but I bought cheap ones for $6 in the covered market. Pepper - Definitely! Ground or whole. It is not expensive. A kind of balm like tiger balm for sore muscles - Also there...

Samatoa Silk Shop: Tailor Made clothing in Siem Reap

by marko2008

Samatoa is a community group that specialises in producing silk clothing. Their desire from the start has been to re-introduce the unique quality of natural Cambodian silk using the knowledge of skilled weavers and tailors.I found the shop wonderfull and the service of tailor-made highly professional. Natural Silk ClothingNatural Silk FabricsNatural Silk accessories (silk scarves, silk handbags....) from 20 to 200$

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things carved in stone.

by cachaseiro

Between Phnom Penh and Siem Riep, about an hour before you get to siem riep you have a small village where the inhabitants have specialised in carving things in stones.It's really an odd sight coming through this little village where you have large newly made buddah staues sitting all over and dozens of guys working on new ones.The big statues are mostly sold to wealthy cambodians and to temples, but they do carve smaller things too that you can carry as a tourist and the prices are very resonable.I bought myself a freshly made little elephant statue for 5 dollars the last time i was there.

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YI SOPHY Khmer Silk: Authentic Khmer Silk

by don_figgs

Store No. 983,984,985,986 in the Russian Market in Phnom Penh. Outstanding prices on silk by the meter. Much cheaper than in Siem Reap. Go check it out for youself! You wouldn't believe me if I told you...

Shopping in PP

by scotthall

Phsar Tmey aka Central Market. Its a nice shopping place but ccan be a little to hot and humid in there. I cant stand to shop for more than 30 minutes inside there. Shop owners call for you too look at their stuff its worse when they know you are a cambodian traveller. Phsar Tmey has travel books such as Lonley Planet for $5. You can find many khmer art, flags and souveniers. Whne you go inside you can find electronics accesories such as batterys, cassetes and dvds. Also They have lots of stalls that sells jewlerrys. I bought a camera stand from there, a luggage bag, a cambodia flag, 2 pair of jeans and 2 shirts. I think it costed me under $35.Phsar Orusey on the oustide has fruits and vegetables and food. When you go inside you have plenty of household items such as pots and pans, towels and kitchen appliances. Upstairs has jewlerrys and clothes. My uncle has a shop up there he sells...

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russian market

by cigarettebarbie

as we went there on a chinese new year day, the inner market was closed. what were opened were the fake CD shops. my advice is to buy your dvds from those shops. they are of very good quality. none of the shows i bought screwed up on me, and all are of "real" quality. the only grouse is that some of the subtitles can be .... very, very wrong. pay something like 6/7 for 11usd. the more you buy the more you can slash

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Q:  Hi, we will be in Siem Reap and Phnom penh for about seven days in total in March. What is the best currency to take. Many... 

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A: The best foreign currency to take is US dollars. You can use that in most places and easily exchange a few of them to riels. 

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