Khmer smile-Cambodia 07 Dec Raiders

Gonglue travel: 6 December-16 December

We are leaving from Guangzhou, Southern Airlines of Cambodia to Phnom Penh aircraft every day, but to Siem Reap's aircraft is only 11 months (probably come of the peak season) after a week there, probably 3 days or so have our journey is.:

. 12/6: Guangzhou Fei Phnom Penh

. 12/7: Phnom Penh-> Sihanouk

. 12/8: Sihanouk

. 12/9: Sihanouk-> Phnom Penh

. 12/10: Phnom Penh

. 12/11: Phnom Penh-Siem Reap >

. 12/12: Siem Reap-Angkor small circle >

. 12/22: Siem Reap-Angkor > circle + Brolo's group

. 12/22: Siem Reap-Angkor suburban woman > Royal Palace + high Boothe bin

. 12/22: Siem Reap-> floating village, Siem Reap flew back to Guangzhou

A large number of prior checks gonglue, done a lot of homework, had intended to fly directly to Siem Reap, Sihanoukville, finally came back from Phnom Penh to fly, I didn't expect to use the mileage for ticket and booking of mm said backwards, and finally became a flight to Phnom Penh, then flew from Phnom Penh, such benefits are more exciting and more at the back, not because of the wonderful Angkor and lost interest in Phnom Penh, the disadvantage is that flying the aircraft and from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap to return the aircraft very late, not too convenient.

Visa:

Embassies, visas, Beijing flower 190RMB can get, and Guangzhou to 300RMB, don't accept US dollars, but the final receipt but says 20USD, get it. Prior knowledge of a landing check and online electronic check, but get it no visa exit when you lose, and if the problems are not just landing check was sent back down again, not very depressed, or no risk. When the plane see Phnom Penh immigration with floor check-in counter, many foreigners queued landing check, and seemingly very easy. Later more to see in Beijing I check is not required to, backpackers can hit Beijing Embassy telephone in advance and ask if you can can save 110RMB. Online e-Visa is confirmed by the visitor's guide, backpackers are also you can try.

Tickets:

This ticket is exchanged for mileage, if in accordance with the online price and about 5000 or so. No mileage of backpackers who I suggested to the Internet to buy mileage, follow 10000 km 400-500 Yuan market airfare should also get in around 1000. Of course, international airport construction fee + fuel cost of $ 100 is not included in the inside.

(Write here, once again feeling this price expensive Ah, almost lost we spent 1/3)

12/6: Guangzhou Fei Phnom Penh

Had the aircraft time not earlier, then because the plane was delayed, to Phnom Penh when compared to the late, Phnom Penh airport could modern and characteristic of Southeast Asia. Arriving time ready gonglue on mentioned bribery, but see a sign "no pay here", regulating intent is not, not bribe corruption, was very smooth customs clearance. Customs in accordance with the usual after gonglue is $ 5 to the urban area, the night will added money, so drivers offer $ 7 times didn't spend too much time on a counter-offer and left. After we get to go to capitol GH, drivers say that home is not good, he can describe better, we were moved, then he went to two, than our budget high too much, not into that at last he pulls us to ankor GH, $ 12, have air conditioning and hot water, corridor decorated very juicy, live.

12/7: Phnom Penh-> Sihanouk

Ask the front desk in the morning, he said that the GH can help provide tickets to Sihanouk, to $ 6, we wonder how expensive than Raiders?, he said there's a cafe next door, can help provide a cheap, you can also add people to GH, we go out to find Internet cafés booked $ 4 a person, a company car, SORYA landmarks is a circle with 168, cars to the next time it's early, we go out to the right to see a lot of locals eat breakfast spread, then point the copy of the report, point m similar fork cooking stuff, and people who drink next to the table of the chocolate ice drinks, let the boss again copy of ice coffee, and so a look, how color is not the same, then know that sweet little chocolate called ice coffe with milk. Guess this meal needs do not need to pay $ 1, $ 2 is the result, the first experience the feeling of being a foreigner, here, almost no opportunity to enjoy the local prices. Then go through a very prosperous market, with a local market stroll is very interesting thing to see a lot of different fruits and vegetables, but the environment ...

Really dirty. Then go to Tonle River, the original drivers to our hotel is very near the River, the river also has a lot of GH, go in and ask a few, basic with air conditioning and hot water to more than $ 15, facilities than we live in the House not to go, so I like to live in the river you can take this as a backup. SORYA company car we received on the edge of the central market, began to regret not hold yesterday in capitol GH, appearance look more broken, but it is really close to the station.

By car to slow than we think, to look up to to stop Sihanouk many soliciting motorized, we cut to R6000 after two individuals, Sihanouk, visit we always follow the price cut, according to the later and other cities of

That this price is a bit on the high side, I felt cut to two people $ 1 is more reasonable and is not difficult.

Sihanouk, lived in the Victory Beach Weather Stationg Hill Mealy Chenda on GH, recommended, is very famous house, wonderful sunset landscape, non-sea-view standard room have air conditioning, hot water, toilet and a sea view room with fan is a price, $ 12.

The courtyard in the very comfortable, than the previous day in Phnom Penh live strong too much. GH's restaurant is also good, happy hour 6PM-8PM is, beer is cheap. One to watch the sunset 5: 30PM are a lot of people went to the balcony edge drinking beer while watching the sunset, it is comfortable, restaurant of great good, is on the way to eat the best. Butter in law bar in a sweet-smelling.

Afternoon victory Beach (Victory Beach) and independent Beach (Independence Beach) around, in independent Beach (Independence Beach) rented loungers drink coconut, later discovered that if you are sure to want to drink, that's not to pay the rent chairs of money, just something that you can spend an afternoon. Sell coconut old lady is very simple, we drink coconut water she actively help us put the coconut cut take out little silver spoon Let's Eat inside delicate tender coconut.

12/8: Sihanouk

Go farm Sokha Beach (Sokha Beach) and Kurt Beach (Occheuteal Beach), and finally four Beach a little senses:

. Sokha Beach (Sokha Beach) is the most private, quiet and beautiful, crystal-clear water, almost exclusively belong to the five-star hotel cable cards, only the hotel guests lazy lazy sunbathing, separated from the middle of the rope. Sokha beach along the most luxury hotels and resorts, and Chem

. Section Kurt Beach (Occheuteal Beach) has also been called civilian Beach, because in addition to many holidaymakers, then walk a lot of local people in leisure, there are civilians, and many small stall hawkers are other beaches are rare, we at central market to buy seafood to Branch Library-Beach (Occheuteal Beach), there's a restaurant to do. Great stuff. Also ate delicious desserts, like tortoise Plastron, R500, is a way to eat the cheapest. Accommodation to $ 25-$ 50 grades of majority

. Independent Beach (Independence Beach): live, so people from the former two, nothing special

. Victory Beach (Victory Beach): popularity and independent Beach (Independence Beach) is almost, but accommodation is very cheap, Basic $ 8-$ 12 to get. GH as cheap, are in the mountains. Go to the beach to the Hill.

Because the previous day's room air conditioner sound too loud, so that we also changed the home Mealy Chenda GH near Marin GH, the fan housing starts from this day on, we discovered fan room for 12 months more of Cambodia.

Evening to Victory Beaches of holiday shopping Casino, pale, bunch of slot machine and no one to play roulette.

12/9: Sihanouk-> Phnom Penh

In the hotel booked back to Phnom Penh tickets, $ 3.5, SORYA company, just don't have a car to pick up, to go Sihanouk city ride. Take the hotel's "Pheon Penh vistor's guide in the car, to have lived in Phnom Penh has a global understanding. Car in the central market, near the central market to find human round of our prior GH, no.9 sister found the basic human round are old Coachman, don't understand a foreign language, next to the market order security come and help us look, and then translated to human hearing, driver pedicab's body language pointing a half-day let the two of us sit in a car, how narrow position may? Later in the streets really saw and down sat 4 individuals. Vistor's Guide again saw a similar picture, following "always room for one more". An article on no.9 sister gonglue GH has 86 Street near Cambodia chaffy, let the driver in 86 Street stopped the car, but the end was never saw hot pot of shadow. 86 Street near to 93 Street head home for dinner place in ate a memorable soup, sour and hot spicy seafood soup, back and never eat to live. The female boss says her family also has rooms, than good sister GH no.9, said a lot of the guests went to no.9 sister GH after that there's room in the small back to her here. We doubted went to the room, well, we decided to go to no.9 sister GH look, if you can't get back to the grindstone. To 93 Street, horizons feel like gutter, through the narrow alley, turning, no.9 sister GH at hand, even into the yard, the long corridor side is full of water, the end is diaolan's bar, lounge, billiards, TV and hammock, like a world outside the peach orchard. Luck is the last room, the fan, cooling water, independent bathroom, $ 5. Behind us the foreigner if found room to room without bathroom. Small full flower

Water they let us determine where does not move, that is it. The GH looks very nervous prior I mail contacted them, not me. In addition there are in 93 Street a no.9 GH, don't go wrong. If no rooms no.9 sister GH, 93 Street also has a family of Simon's GH, look very clean and tidy, also describe gonglue. 93 Street road also soliciting some GH out, there is no place to live, but still don't believe others say, first, to go to their favorite GH touch of luck is better.

In the afternoon went to the Royal Palace and other attractions, the Royal Palace of tickets has risen to the R25000

The evening went to the bar street, the famous Riverside Bitrol, Cambodia-oxtail hotpot (Beef Soup) two copies $ 7.5 dollars, here is the addition of 10% service charge, internet free, taste good, certainly compared to domestic hot pot will not be comparable.

12/10: Phnom Penh

Morning breakfast at 86 Street, see a dingdang ring car, kids go in a minute with a back with melt away, we never let go of all kinds had eaten something never seen, R100 picked root Brown, turned out to be a coffee flavor, this is a delicious Ah, is full of the most delicious to eat the most memorable thing, but subsequent trip alone had eaten, nor even see saw, no wonder in the gonglue never seen.

In turn, Museum Tickets also rose to $ 3. Go through the Museum, then stroll around the nearby two art street 184 Street and 240 Street. Yes, a lot of great taste and exquisite little thing. Is the central market FABI.

Noon at big solar go far to find gonglue on mentioned 111, mama Street to its restaurant, "the amount thereof has been cheap, food, foot is where backpackers gathered", the last sentence is conclusive, indeed some foreigners, but these early is not $ 1 on gonglue a, dishes of foot is a misnomer, rice is on the whole the least amount of time. Strongly not recommended.

The evening went to capitol and Russia in the middle of the night market, Rimau, perhaps Chinese teacher out of stalls, with dishes like the street box lunch, it is worth a try for all kinds of barbeque, sausage is a bunch of R1000, a large piece of roast pork ribs, there is also only R3000, not afraid of AP Tsai eggs can taste, the eggs to a vertical drop in small bowl, then with a small spoon beating eggs above, open brush the egg after the skin above, into the sauce, the locals eat enjoy, everywhere there are sold.

12/11: Phnom Penh-Siem Reap >

Vote Vietnamese buying the cheaper, at 93, street of passenger cars for sale points bought tickets for the GST company, to Siem Reap $ 3.5. A car driver immediately surrounding up, didn't see gonglue written on smiling car, saw a driver holding a "Free to RED LODGE" signs, we went to his car, he recommended us another GH, with lessons of Phnom Penh, we do not and he said, insisting to RED LODGE, he did not, had to pull us go, into the RED LODGE, soon to be clean small yard fascinated, GH guy out on us waving said: FULL. We eagerly asked him: what tomorrow? The day after tomorrow? He said that tomorrow is not know, to 7 points after every morning to know. We are very disappointed to leave, and named to advance promising another GOLDEN TEMPLE VILLA, two very close, 50 metres turn a bend in the distance, the environment more petty bourgeoisie, the door of a Buddha, both sides of the hordes of bamboo, good pl of GH, gate, close to the brand: From USD8. The same result: FULL. We had to ask the driver took us to the memorandum on the third House: smiley GH. The driver said it's too far, not willing to go to, and to recommend a nearby another GARDEN GH, said there is free internet, beer is also very cheap. We looked out tomorrow morning to see RED LODGE is a room, he promised to look at the House. Sure enough, not far away, the same beautiful courtyard, the lobby bar next to all the computers are occupied with. In respect of this, $ 8 fan cooling.

12/12: Siem Reap-Angkor small circle >

Start to see the sunrise in the morning at five o'clock, spectacular, early to rise much value. Tour of small circles, back rest at noon, afternoon break to a point before proceeding. Noon back directly to RED LODGE ask have vacant rooms, luck, and is the last one. The room was clean, the sheets are we stayed in the whole white, rattan furniture. Only $ 6. The GOLDEN TEMPLE VILLA or as FULL.

Strongly recommend RED LODGE, a value of a GH, later until the walk we all lived there, no longer changed. This hotel has a courtyard, the garden has a TV and a lot of discs, you can bring your own dishes look. The most interesting is that there is free coffee, tea, bananas, baguette, butter and jam. I first came to Cambodia-Cambodia frantically looking for vegetables, to then find yourself burp is AMOK taste, Cambodian recipes can back out of time so long for simple bread and jam, this after many meal are relying on the bread from the delicious and USD. Dude was very warm, very fond of and States of backpackers chat, he said the boss is Thailand, he was an orphan, his boss to accept him in when buddy GH. Also said that the Chinese people

Live the slightly less, the no hot water, Chinese people often heard no hot water gave, in fact, in my experience, the cold baths may start a little habits, behind accustomed or acceptable. Why December to fans of the weather is good enough, the air conditioning is superfluous. Unfortunately, the business was so good, always to the noon time played FULL brand, so I do not accept reservations, only morning out of the box to try their luck didn't know that there is no room, or on the same day to Siem Reap, morning call to let him keep the room the day before. The GOLDEN TEMPLE VILLA you can mail subscriptions, harm our Siem Reap a few days a day does not come across a room, as are booked up.

Leisure, we ask that the driver is not their GH appointment because he took "Free to RED LODGE" signs, he said it was not, it is the driver soliciting tricks, General driver recommended backpackers not too convinced, he would pull backpackers to them in this way is always FULL of GH, backpackers and see no room, had to go to their recommended GH. High bar.

We feel Cambodia is a very calm and very friendly people, such as a driver, a driver if lahuo foreign language not normally different from the driver came to help, to help him with conditions, a driver in the hands of the living if you were another driver took off, never saw them as the red eye, even a worried expression are not too. Cambodia men seem to love laugh more than women, and the Khmer smile "was not conspiracy, and that it is hard to imagine what kind of people have been so heavy history. Or rather, it is difficult to imagine that after heavy historical and current and not wealthy people down there also maintains the peace of mind.

GOLDEN TEMPLE VILLA is recommended, although not live, but see the petty bourgeoisie messy yard and were fully booked for the book you can imagine how it's okay. In addition it's internet is free.

Coachman recommend our GARGEN GH is good!, RED LODGE/GREEN VILLAGE is full of cases is a good alternative, three from very close between, so a full look this is easy. The House is very close to the central market, noon and evening dinner/foam/Liu Wan are very convenient.

12/22: Siem Reap-Angkor circle >

Big circle than small rings far less, but spots very early finished shopping, go back to Siem Reap direct at central market, found their dessert of gonglue, there are two, before the passage of the family business is better, but I always wonder why, because it seems to me that her varieties least amount to the minimum, another family has a decent bit of pitch, the booth was a very shy girl, always with a shy smile. Price early not original 500R, a uniform 1000R know early on in Phnom Penh's Russia market eat enough. Even so, we still every day from Angkor back first thing straight shop dessert stands for ice products eliminate the body, so early, then strolled back slowly RED LODGE the warmth of a small courtyard brews coffee or tea, pick up a piece of your favorite dishes, or until the number of Chinese Taichung pick a, bamboo lounge enjoy.

One side of the central market with a row of simple restaurant, help yourself to eat is good, such as what Fired Frog (fried frog), Amod Fish or something.

Next to the central market is the bar street, to head the Red piano, it really was the most famous, seeing a person is given to the red piano into, is not into the opposite in touch, is not a Feng Shui problems Ah. Then once tasted n amok, I eat in the red piano $ 4 fish amok is not even a little senses, feel yet Sihanouk small restaurants in first meal to eat $ 1.5 delicious, diet fatigue, bad 4 knife. But the gg think there is a $ 1 beer, go on and is dedicated to a tie. Bar street is home to a lot of signboards are 7: 30 in the future free of Khmer dance performances, want to see you go drinking, dancing than spending money at cheaper doesn't know where to go. Indeed, I do not know how to dance, I think that dance than China's ethnic dance far Ah.

And the bar street there are bars parallel to the alley, specialized are operating the Cambodian cuisine. We tried twice to the aesthetic of the Cambodian cuisine is fatigue, feel wronged, but money is a very clean taste of Cambodian restaurant, have a family that specializes in Cambodia-barbecue BBQ advise everyone to give up now, before we go final meal, two people $ 7.85 contains five kinds of meat barbecue, the flavor, than the Chinese Street stalls of difference away. There is no meat, finally asking someone again the sauce until the meat is sent to your stomach.

Rather than go to the bar of the stall, across the street, approximately 5: 30 pm start chutan looks to the corner of the business most minimum price, indeed, delicious taste, but as if Msg in particular.

Noodle is instant noodles. Yellow noodle noodles, Rice noodle is Guangdong area of intestines.

Siem Reap is the last stop, so our stomach completely surrendered to the Cambodian dish, turning the cheaper/more simple snacks. From time to time on the street have mobility carts make some snacks, such as vegetables fried noodles (where instant noodles as wet, pour directly can be fried), banana pancakes (similar to a cheap India flying cake), plantain leaves Pack banana sticky rice.

Afternoon return time and stroll around the Brolo's group, to tell you the truth,

After Angkor also there is no point, not worth seeing. Just along the country is on the way to see the most beautiful. As described in a book, Brolo shiqun more like a village tour.

12/22: Siem Reap-Angkor suburban woman > Royal Palace + high Boothe bin

Go to the high shore, a booth on the soil is very large, the road is under repair, the driver gave us the mask, with dark glasses will be better, or sand blown to the eyes. In mid-December, only a little water, ending the last scene is bigger, walk the mountain road is still very comfortable.

Female Palace not far away there is a fix pretty's toilet, where even saw mine staff, I heard women after no parking, the Royal Palace where you want to repair the car, but not long ago there are families here were mines, so fix before then drain time ray, we go to those people sit together in prayer, the prayer of mine for a smooth and its own security. This is the full face of mines last.

Women's exquisite but is not large.

12/22: Siem Reap-> floating village, Siem Reap flew back to Guangzhou

Morning on the way to the floating village, being stopped and let us buy tickets, $ 15. We didn't buy. To the floating village nearby mountain, climb to the middle of anybody to receiver, we had to go on, go to the floating village there is people, on both sides, it is difficult to imagine their daily use of water from the River next to it. They have sold next to fried small shrimp, delicious. To a Terminal, someone asks us to sit in a boat, the asking price of $ 10 a person. We also $ 6 one, he immediately said, no, we pave the way to go, out of the back, 50m called also to $ 15 for two people on board, secretly admire their red and white face with good Ah. 2 and a half hours of sailing, intermediate stops once the ship, see ring like alligators and big fish. We must remember that if you are yourself, never in front was stopped when I don't buy a ticket, the price difference so far.

Afternoon spent at RED LODGE in the last paragraph of the pleasant moments, packaging back to the House, Siem Reap airport is typical of South-East Asia style, very beautiful, and then make the final $ 25 seats on the flight home.

Self-tour spend money and a road condition is certainly not as good as with the group, but the buffet we have sufficient opportunities to learn about life on the streets, where to taste delicious snacks in all kinds of strange. Along the way, we once again are friendly and calm in this country people move, also in love with this country, I think, this is the tour of one of the joys and charm.