Golden Gate Hotel Cambodia

... adventures!!! Instead of taking taxi, we board a tuk-tuk (the most convenience transport in Cambodia) to our hotel.  I booked thru Internet, the Golden Gate Hotel, located at ...... The journey between the airport and the hotel is about ...

... by a Hotel worker that many of us mistook for our new tour guide Toby. Soon discovered our mistake. Arrived at Golden Gate Hotel......very nice. All pleased that travelling finished for the day. At the hotel we met our 3 new travelling companions ...

... when he informed us it wasn't open until 2pm, so we went for lunch.  We tried Cafe Soleil near the Golden Gate Hotel, a vegetarian restaurant to Dan's dismay but we were both pleasantly surprised when the food came.  We had a vegetarian Amok - ...

... we try a hotel round the corner as it was a simmilar standard but far cheaper.  We thanked him for his advice and found the Golden Gate Hotel a few steps away.  We got a great big room for $20 with sat TV, air con and free laundry - they would ...

... out the window and got a nice view of two older ladies washing at the bank of the river topless, not a pretty sight.  Welcome to Cambodia! We got into the city about 3pm and had a good 2 or 3 mile walk to the main tourist area during ...

... tonnes of photos but not sure if this computer will let me get photos up. We stayed at a gorgeous boutique hotel called golden banana last night, a two story villa just for us with its own balcony covred in bougonvialla flowers, hanging seats overlooing ...

... the clouds.  The flight was only about an hour and was very smooth, no problems at all.  I got off in Siem Reap, Cambodia and jumped in the queue for a visa application.  About 15 minutes and $20 later I had my visa and my backpack.  ...

... I couldn't help giving a little cheer, both in exhilaration and relief. We also saw the Cambodian Independence monument commemorating Cambodia's independence from 100 years of French rule, and the King's main stupa Wat Phrom (surrounded by monkeys) which ...

... ; and ‘The Man With the Golden Gun’ would come later in Thailand).  The entry gate contained one of the signature features of Cambodia.  A smiling face (depiction of Buddha?) on all four sides of the structure.  This structure ...

... to Ankor and marked the end of the tour. The following morning we boarded a cramped coach to take us the 4hrs to the Cambodia/Thai border. From there we took two speeding minibuses back into Bangkok for our final group dinner before departing to go our ...

... an eye on the kids and the animals at the same time. A hammock is SOP. Stop #3 Quick one. Bat points out, "the Golden Gate Bridge," a longish, narrow suspension bridge wide enough for one person and one moto side by side.  Julie makes Bat stop so we ...

... are the ancient monuments of Angkor that bring around two million visitors per annum into the country. These monuments represent the golden age of Cambodia when the Khmer nation had been the most powerful and most gifted people in South East Asia. But ...

... her what he meant and then demonstrating the proper way to walk.  When she found out that he is from San Francisco, she said "golden gate bridge. i bet you like walking on the bridge and pushing people off. Mean Tiger."  Finally it was time to go. I ...

... more quick stop before getting back to to the hotel, at 'San Francisco village' which has a swing bridge styled on the golden gate bridge. There were motorbikes driving across it. Crazy. Swing bridges have always made me nervous, even without motorbikes ...

... I am disappointed to say; wasn't all that. The rest of the day we saw various other landmarks and Battambang's equivalent of the golden gate bridge. Battambang is tiny and after a couple of days, I had had enough and I booked my ticket to Siem ...

... scheinen. Weiter ging es mit dem TukTuk durch kleine Doerfchen entlang des Flusses. Wir machten Zwischenstopps an der Cambodian Golden Gate Bridge ;o) und einigen Gemuesefeldern bis wir zum einzigen Weinbauer in ganz Kambodscha kamen. Dort liessen wir uns ...

... getting stoned…. A lot… I was there for a few days and felt highly out of place… therefore on to the Golden gate for a few nights… Ahh what luxury!!! A lovely double bed, air conditioning, own bathroom, TV, and FREE LAUNDRY ...

... ; and money, of course. Next, we saw a veggie garden by the river (WOW), and what they claim (sarcastically) to be the Golden Gate Bridge (WOW again).  Then we hit Prasat Banan, a temple the locals claim was the base design for the famous Angkor ...

... we got a great lesson on both the Buddhist and Hindu religions and their status in Cambodian culture.   Apparently, Cambodia used to be primarily animists then became more Hindu, influenced by the traders from India.  Buddhism became the ...

... She dashed off back to the shop to see if it was there while Harrison and I waited. Helpfully it had been taken to our gate... Oops. We arrived at Prisoner Cell Block H around 6ish, it was dark and humid and we weren't impressed having to lug ourselves ...