200912 Cambodia tour experience

Itinerary

2009/12/6 Shanghai-Guangzhou-Siem Reap (China)

2009/12/7 Angkor small circle (Angkor Temple Sunrise, Tong Wang Cheng, PA ring Temple, Temple of the Pakistani side, air Palace, Tower step cage Temple, cardamom Temple)

2009/12/8 Angkor circle (Queen's temple, Tower, than grain Temple, Holy Temple, Angkor Temple, Zhou tevoda, sunset mountain nesbakken)

2009/12/9 collapse mealea, Tonle (founders), BA Kung Temple

2009/12/10, evening shuttle Siem Reap-> Sihanouk

2009/12/11 reim National Park, fishing village, victory Beach Sunset

2009/12/12 first bus-> Phnom Penh. Prison Museum, Royal Palace, central market

2009/12/13 Phnom Penh-Guangzhou-Shanghai (China)

Angkor (Siem Reap)

Angkor worth spending more time, even on the monuments not crazy or building (like me). Compared to Phnom Penh and Sihanoukville, Angkor monuments and Siem Reap leisure or great spuds.

City: Siem Reap city, not things, lucky mall supermarket entrance there is a small shelf of the food you can buy some made-in-cambodia taken home. Others can be ignored.

Old market: commodity markets, know how to feel things in the same shopping., may you spend thinking scouring.

Pub street: we eat mainly are concentrated here. Evening head jump start, feasting, daytime doors down bird.

Night market: in the pub street side. The innermost bar is great fun. Is a bamboo, evening light snacks. You can lie down on a chat, points snacks beer. Attendants are slowly slowly, very gentle. Massage at the edge of the barbecue beach can call things, while a sound he would come over, slowly arises. Roast meat better half a day.

Massage is also good, try a USD5/hour foot massage-massage girl child is small, hand world quite large. Open a little bit, not adapt, also OK. Here to feel normal, roadside Message store not dare to go in, unknown situations.

Angkor resort personally think is worth having:

Angkor Temple-Sunrise and in the afternoon light was good.

Through Empire City South Gate-will everywhere. Door mixing milk sea-beings and Asura repaired better, although a bit too new for repair.

PA ring Temple-Khmer smile cannot fail to see. It is the people. Recommendations before sunset, the light is better, too few points.

Tower step cage Temple-tree and a stone of entanglement, has a lot of character. ≪古墓丽影> shot, a Department in Angkor repeatedly mentioned in the film.

Queen Temple-exquisite carvings. agrees that, in the <五月的盛放> regardless of how many have you seen the Angkor temples, here are the exquisite carving the conquest.

Week tevoda-the Temple of the Chinese people repair, victory gate. Temple repaired in a repair opposite XX Temple.

Mountain nesbakken-sunset. People more.

Collapse mealea-Shuttle in the fall of the temple, you can close watched. Morning light suitable for taking pictures. People rarely.

Considerations:

1. the Holy Temple is relatively large, are generally talk about good not tuk-tuk drivers turn back, but about meet door, be sure to get the map out confirmation. Our us Watts (driver name) is something big. Obviously, the fact that the East is Simon. lead directly to our carefully investigate the Holy Temple of the East and around the door of the different scenery.

2. If the Queen of the temple and the collapse of the density column is divided into 2 days away, the Queen of the monastery can do tuk-tuk. Collapse mealea even or ride and handle, we sat by the road to tuk-tuk, is also good, is too long, blowing face wood. But all the scenery, go to the Temple of the Queen should be seen enough of.

3. the so-called Tonle boat tour, private open. Very remote village, only this one, have no semicolon (said to Siem Reap city is also a XXX boat can do, not research). Go to the top of the road, Super, ash.

USD20/person, can counter-offer. If 4 people, can also to USD10/person to look at them, but the mood, we can't just because to do so in a fit of pique not sit. Inside look at the original forest also swap boat USD4/person.

4. small circle the most tired also easiest aesthetic fatigue, attractions are more concentrated, tuk-tuk drivers will let yourself go.

5. the mountain nesbakken, uphill road, smelly stinky, probably because there are riding an elephant mountain's services.

6. collapse mealea best locals with a walk.

It is also a good tip for USD1. On entering the area, they will follow you. does have started pulling business. we follow him Mody dare, later from. because they really hard to find in ruins. they say of inside and outside is the ruins or peripheral.

7. the Imperial City of air Palace is a bit difficult climb-steep-up actually can take to better know the photos, the surrounding trees retaining.

Eat to live:

We live in is the Shadow II (http://www.shadowofangkor.com), newly built, very good. Clean, quiet. Facilities,

Is this the way we live in the most satisfactory GH. Although the location is close to the old shadow I walk past needs market. 5-10 minutes, but a walk along the River, very comfortable room with balcony-expensive USD5/night, unless you need to smoke it. No clothes. Night out in many Sun during the day too.

Eat, they have different views, Moses. Old market of the same lot on (to pub street-centric), price almost. Food is also very similar to Braised dominated. If you want to say personal preferences, cambodia soup of BBQ BEAF (USD6) and Khmer Kitchen of soup (acid, forget the name, USD3) a little impression.

Attractions outside of things than expensive, many of the attractions than people with less expensive. You can offer. The same fresh coconut, USD1, USD0.5, USD0.25d are bought. Angkor Wat opposite angkor cafe for small break. environmental good, if the stomach is not suited to the roadside stalls and small circle of time here for lunch.

Fruit is sold by kg. May be seasonal, Durian expensive, with Shanghai almost.

USD2-3/KG.

Siem Reap a KFC meal, what features you. Rice + chicken nuggets, very common in China figure than-.

Sihanouk

Live coolabah resort. generic, not value USD45/night-Australia, who is can be seen very hard to do, but the price is too high. recommends that the live sobha restort, luxury beach.

The best is the private, not sitting tuk-tuk. Too large top, grey. Hit the car too, it is to me the loess. Reim national park beaches best, people rarely. Sobha beach you go in. Waterfall can be ignored. Road repair, and you can see. Fishing village has 2, the edge of a container terminal, there is also a is said to drive 2-3 hour. container terminal at the edge of a small, basic not fish.

Coolabah meals or can be, the effect of large, deeply. At night, just opposite the master suki soup, hot pot restaurant. Local places to eat, and tourists are few and far between. White water pot, everything is a little much, not expensive. Brush things with our delicious pork pot almost, have chewing. Dip material is acid and hot spicy.

Victory Beach Sunset on Nice, quiet people less. Three two lazy tourists and tidy home sellers.

Phnom Penh

The Palace is very small, tickets USD6.25/person, expensive. The scale and extent as Thailand luxury Palace. NPM collection of more than one saved too-shabby, glass cupboard + lock. towards a House does not need to take pictures.

Prison Museum, free of charge. You can donate. Door begging, claiming to be victims of the Khmer Rouge, the face of hatred ning.

Live Sunday, USD12/late. simple, poor service, the price is high. Does not provide pick-up, tuk-tuk to airport price USD7, earlier than USD2, cancel 8AM extra day by intended to catch up to USD2 tuk-tuk of cancelation fee, we can say that the service charge. In fact we call tuk-tuk is outside USD5.

Sunday is not the home of <五月的盛放>. Not recommended for stay.

Center market is small commodity market. In the repair.

Seafood recommendations to eat Chinese shop do. Foreigners do most of them are fried or baked, personal feeling sick to eat much.

Other

1. don't hurry, do not recommend to sit the Siem Reap to Sihanouk shift car. Sat night (Yes, non-sleeper seats), too tired.

2. GH for BUS ticket looks like the extra money. From Sihanouk to Phnom Penh, the official list price is USD5, I get are USD7. the ticket is handwritten price and see it.

3. brought candy didn't divide up. Finally let tuk-tuk driver sent to Phnom Penh by scavenging person assistance centre. Angkor hilarious scene kids will use Chinese candy. seems to have the hearts of the people.

4. go to the women of the Royal Palace and the collapse of the dense column on the way to often can see the street kids, many of them have no shoes. don't know is no shoes did not wear. Consider whether you can bring some herringbone drag to.

5. our tuk-tuk drivers that Cambodian Temple are holding orphans. Praise! See alms, suggested donation for the monks.