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 Cambodia travel tales
Our customers share their travelling experiences in Cambodia.
Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
Also, you might want to read our
Angkor / Siem Reap city guide,
and Phnom Penh city guide.
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| H Payne |
10 November 2004 |
Stayed at FCC Angkor - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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Taxi driver Mr. Bohm was a great help and very courteous; you can call him at (855) 12774103.
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| S Nair |
10 November 2004 |
Stayed at Raffles Hotel Le Royal - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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An ideal base to visit the palace and other sites. In most instances a taxi is required which costs $5 one way or $7/hour. Be prepared to deal in cash as there are no ATMs in Cambodia and US dollar is the preferred currency even with respect to their own!
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| M Rogondino |
30 October 2004 |
Stayed at Ta Prohm - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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We hired the driver who picked us up at the airport for our 4 day stay. He drove us to all the temples in Angkor Wat and the Chong Kneas village and gave us good information about what to expect. The trip exceeded our expectations; Angkor was absolutely magnificent and defies description. The Ivy and the Red Piano were good places to relax and grab a bite to eat and a beer after a long day of sightseeing.
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| J Masson (2nd call) |
26 October 2004 |
Stayed at Raffles Hotel Le Royal - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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PP is a very charming and quiet city (if you live in a busy town such as Bangkok) French restaurants are all over, I've tried le Taboo owned by a great and very friendly Cambodian guy, le Tricotin was very tasty too. Trendy places change very quick, just ask the locals.
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| J Masson |
25 October 2004 |
Stayed at Sokha Beach Resort - Sihanoukville, Cambodia.
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Sihanoukville is a great place to hide away from busy beach holiday seaside resorts found in Thailand for instance. Going there from PP by private taxi is cheap, fast and convenient.
plenty of good restaurants around the city with large portions everywhere.
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| E Forget |
23 October 2004 |
Stayed at Bopha Angkor - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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We found Cambodia relatively expensive but I guess when you have a week only it's best to stay in mid range hotels and hire a car and driver to get around. You probably can stay in much cheaper places, but it's more hassle and Cambodia is very hot and we got very tired. Angkor is a magic place, it is worth spending 3 days there and it's also better to hire a guide. There isn't much to do in Phnom Penh, apart from visiting the killing fields and genocide museum, which was hard. Phnom Penh has some great French restaurants, I think it is one of the best places in Asia to eat. I would also like to mention the Artisans d'Angkor, in Siam Reap: a workshop/school that trains sculptors and weavers. They have 2 schools, that people can visit: one is a silk farm and the other is the sculpture workshop. Their products are not cheap but they are beautiful, replicas of Angkor designs are definitely worth it.
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| A Matthews |
17 October 2004 |
Stayed at Raffles Hotel Le Royal - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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The newly reconstructed TaTa Restaurant by the Lake on the outskirts of town is well worth visiting.
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| L Milis |
16 October 2004 |
Stayed at Angkoriana - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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We visited Siem Reap for the richness of the Angkor Wat complex: splendid and for Europeans used to medieval buildings an enriching experience of what the contemporary Kmer culture could perform. We had contacted before we left an excellent guide (laoukchhou@yahoo.com) (I guess most guides are well trained) who gave (in French) very adequate explanation on the monuments, daily life, monasticism, nature etc. He made us understand much better the deeper sense of the architecture and sculpture. The price was fair and so was the organization and price of the transport (by 'remorque'). Since everybody is paying in US$ everything is cheap for €-people.
By the way: asia-hotels.com was effective in the reservation procedure.
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| S Belkin |
15 October 2004 |
Stayed at Juliana Hotel - Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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Make sure your guide takes you across the river at the Japanese bridge to eat at restaurants frequented by Cambodian locals. Food was terrific, ambience was unlike anything I've ever experienced...in a good way! The Genocide Museum was incredibly moving. Since there were vivid pictures of the Killing Fields themselves, you might spare yourself the long and bumpy ride to the Killing Fields outside of town. We were emotionally drained enough at the museum. There is a shooting range about 3 miles past the airport on an army base. I'm not much of a gunslinger, but it was a thrill to fire off an M-16, AK-47, Uzi, etc. Very safe place and helpful and skilled staff---army cadets!
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| J Johnston-ueda |
14 October 2004 |
Stayed at FCC Angkor - Siem Reap, Cambodia.
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We requested bikes be arranged in advance and so the hotel bought two new bikes!! We really appreciated this rather than us having to spend time making our own arrangements.
One note on biking - the road in front of the hotel is one way (opposite direction to Angkor Wat) We assumed this meant cars - but we were wrong. The police waiting by the bridge found us!
We spent two full days biking around Angkor Wat and surrounding - it was difficult in the heat but well worth it. We asked the hotel to arrange a half day car trip and we were able to see Bantey Srei, East Mebon, Pre Rup and then down to Roulos (Preah Ko and Bakong). You can only absorb so much in one day so we went back to the hotel for a swim and then went down to the market later in the afternoon.
There is certainly a wide selection of restaurants to chose from. The two we especially enjoyed were Dead Fish Cafe (great food, eclectic atmosphere, lots of fun and very reasonably priced - $7-9 set menu for two) and Indochine (Sivatha Street 012-804952). Indochine is in a 70 year old Khmer house is elegant and upscale but still not expensive - about $25 for two.
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