Siem Reap Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Left Phnom Penh 7.30 a.m trying to beat the morning rush hour.Within half an hour we were out of the city centre and left behind the chaotic traffic of the city. Expecting a safer and more pleasant drive on the open road to Siem Reap I was in for a bigger surprise when I found out that the Cambodians actually drive their vehicles in the middle o...

To my friends and family reading this blog - no worries. It is Wednesday 6pm, and I am very safe.

More blog text on Typhoon Ketsana coming soon. The internet service and power are very unreliable during the storm. The typhoon still in full swing, torrential rain, incredibly high winds, ear-splitting thunder. I have to admit, it's a little...

20/01/09 Woke up early and got packed up, got a tuk tuk to the GST office to catch our bus. We ended up being there a little early, so we had to stand around for a while until the bus was ready to go, which was about 30mins after it was scheduled to. Had to swat the occasional sunglasses seller with the 'shake of head and hand' which we had now ...

As yesterday we cycled out and saw the following: - 1. Prasat Kravan - A restored brick temple built in 921AD. A couple of the 5 towers have brick reliefs within. Not big but well restored. 2. Banteay Kdel - A smiling Budha greets you at the entrance gate. The temple was a massive Budhist monastry in its time. Lots of closely placed columns supp...

More pics here. We left Phnom Penh on the Mekong Express, a $10 tourist bus that takes 5-6 hours to Siem Reap. On the road to Siem Reap we saw the usual cars and mopeds passing by in the other direction. But once in awhile trucks and minivans would pass by with people jam packed inside like sardines, and also crunched together on top of the vehi...

Went to too many temples to even BEGIN to try and remember their names. I will however fill you in on my falling out with Victor. Which was just as memorable. We all went out last night for some drinks, the 6 of us and went to the little mexican that I told you about. The girls went to an internet cafe and I carried on drinking with Pete and Vic...

Give it to me.... Last update was from the beach resort of Sihanoukville, the day before our bus journey up to Siem Reap. As mentioned in the last update the bus journey was due to take 10 hours but we were a little bit dubious of this and rightly so.... We actually left Sihanoukville near enough on time despite the two east European girls that...

A later start than yesterday, not that that would have been hard, but still early enough to see the motorbikes driving into town with dead and alive pigs strapped to the back. There really seems to be nothing you can't transport on a back of a motorbike here with seeing everything from beds to bicycles to whole families, including the family dog...

I do Some Work Too! During the time we have been in Cambodia, there seems to be a general feeling from folks back home that Rachel does do some work, but I do nothing. Well, there was a time when I did do effectively nothing, but things have started to change. Other than officey type stuff (I am becoming king of workplans) I have done one or two...

We entered the town of Siem Reap via a 5 hour boat ride from Battambang. We had opted for the boat ride into town as it was touted to be one of the world's best as it passed through protected wetlands and narrow waterways. Linda's Entry I would like to say the boat ride was nice, but once we were on the boat, I felt the not-so gentle sway of the...