Lyon d'Or Phnom Penh
12-14 Street 110 Phnom Penh, Cambodia
TravelPod Member ReviewsLyon d'Or Phnom Penh
“15 dollars”
wsheard 5 contributions
Leeds, United Kingdom
Nov 25, 2011
15 dollars a night, clean enough, very expensive restaurant, breakfast included, next to the river.
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Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelLyon d'Or Phnom Penh
Past, Present and Future
The bus trip from Battambang to Phnom Penh (Cambodia's capital) was advertised as being 5 hours on the bus... but we learned from previous mistakes and brought enough provisions (food and books) for 7, which was a good job, because it took 8 in the end... We both read a book called 'First they killed my father' by Luang Ung before we came to …
Phnom Penh
I arrived in Phnom Penh at aournd 8:00pm. I had my e-visa already ($25 online, takes less than 24 hours to proces) so it took a total of 5 minutes to breeze through customs at the airport. Flagged down a tuk-tuk driver ($5) to take me into the city. After a 20-minute ride, I was at my destination, the Lyon D'Or Hotel, on street 110, adjacent to …
Kampuchea!
We have reached Phnom Penh after a pretty teary goodbye to the beach in Thailand! Heading to Angkor Wat day after tomorrow! ---------------- Ok, time for a few first thoughts on Cambodia. I had quite a few notions about the country before arriving. These were mainly about the secret war waged by the americans, the density of the mining, the Khmer …
Seema's thoughts on Kampuchea.
My dear husband has already said quite a few things that I wanted to say about Cambodia so I guess I will fulfill my duty of writing a more boring journal type of entry that describes what we did, where we did it, how much it cost, yada yada yada. Sometimes I get bored of writing all that stuff but then I think of all those fellow travellers out …
Preparation
What's the plan man?
So, I've travelled to Phnom Penh overland from Tokyo using a combination of bus, train and ferry. Now it's time to do the return journey. This time using a trusty bicycle.
I've done no planning, no training and have no experience of either cycle touring of cycle maintenance. If I make it to the end of the …


