Siem Reap Resorts - Reviews and Rates

Visiting Angkor Wat rates up there with the likes of Petra (Jordan), Machu Piccu (Peru), Great Pyramids of Giza (Egypt) and Mayan Ruins (Guatemala) as being my travelling highlights - I need not see any more ruins in my lifetime because I've seen the best the world has to offer. The ruins are probably the best I've seen and a 'must do' if coming...

Day 2 and 3: Angkor and Last Reflections on Cambodia Both of us have done the hike to Macchu Pichu, and we agree that overall Angkor Wat and the surrounding temples are way more amazing in their grandeur, complexity, various styles of architecture, detailed carvings, and the simply for the sheer number in a rather small area. In all we saw about...

When we arrived inSiem Reap, we immediately noticed several differences since our last trip here 6 years ago. There is a new Airport, many new hotels, and the air quality is abysmal. The hotel is cheap at $30 a night and clean. No lift means that after a long day of Wat Hopping, I get to climb the four floors to our room (62 steps), overloonking...

Yesterday we took a Cambodian tuk-tuk, which isn't a tuk-tuk at all, but a trailer pulled behind a motorbike. Nice idea, good use of resources and all, and good for short distances. We only went maybe 20 km yesterday, but the roads aren't in the best shape (though they still put Michigan roads to shame) and there isn't any suspension on these tr...

A few people have asked what I did to celebrate my quarter-century birthday last week. I spent the lovely day sea kayaking and sun bathing at Angthong National Marine Park in Thailand to check out the beautiful archipelago. Then Sonia and Jaz got me an oil massage, and we had grilled shark for dinner at our favorite beachside restaurant where ou...

After picking up our visa for Vietnam from the embassy, we ate breakfast one last time at the riverfront and then hopped onto our bus for Siem Reap. We had front row seats on this journey, which in Australia wouldn't bother me. But, being in Cambodia, was a whole new world. The main road to Siem Reap (well it is more a street than a main road), ...

Hello from Cambodia, we got here in one piece just!!! If you read the lonely planet it talks about the great bus scam were you pay a really cheap price from Bangkok all the way to siem reap. The driver drags out the journey to 10 hours which takes you to 11pm were you are deposited at a guest house and intimadated to stay. So being in a rush we ...

Hey so this morning we made it to Angkor Wat [Angkor is the city name and wat means temple] to see the sunrise which was quite stunning! then we came back to the hotel and had some breakfast as we had a long day of exploring ahead of us! We got to Angkor at 8ish and explored the major sites [Bayon, Angkor Thom, Angkor Wat] it was amazing! I just...

Day 43 - 28th May 2006 - Siem Reap A bus instead of boat takes us from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap as the lake in between the two is too shallow in parts for our boat! Siem Reap is an old capital of Cambodia, and home to Angkor, which used to be home to one of the most powerful empires in south Asia in the 12th Century. We stay in a guesthouse (alas...

So where were you on Friday night / Saturday morning? Out having a beer or two? Fast asleep? For me it was the start of an epic overland journey from Bangkok to Siem Reap. Starting out at 8 o clock Saturday morning, the journey to the border was straightforward and uneventful. Even the necessary formalities of obtaining the Visa for Cambodia was...