Guest Houses Battambang

... have had the two hour sleep in. Arriving at Battambang there was a Tuk Tuk frenzy, all fighting to take the passengers to their guest houses.  It was quite funny watching them jostling for our attention.  We had one of them to take us to a ...

... without incident until we got to the Battambang bus station and 20 guys cane running to the bus banging on the windows offering guest houses and free rides. The hassle continued when we got off the bus, they overstepped the mark by being really pushy so ...

... season. Compared to the touristy Siem Reap these people live so different. There's no streets nearby, everything happens on the river. Battambang (with a population of 300,000) was the biggest town we visited so far. Our hotel was right next to the ...

... ;a civilized road.  Our arrival in Battambang was the typical bus station where we were greeted by local touts pitching their guest houses and tours.  There's a suspicious rivalry going on in the town of Battambang.  Our drivers took us ...

... seats and very few Cambodian karaoke DVD's. We arrived in Battambang to hoards of touts trying to get us to stay at their guest houses. We knew where we wanted to go so trudged through them and hoped we were heading in the right direction, we were. We ...

... waterways and is Cambodia's most enchanting boat trip". On the long distance journey's the bus/boat company offers a free pick up from guest houses and my pick up at 6am was a pick up truck and I threw my backpack and myself into the back. Other ...

... . Our first choice hotel was full, so we paid the guy and wandered off on foot to look at the other recommended hotels & guest houses in the area. As was horribly predictable I guess, the driver was not happy with his $1.50 (I thought a 50% tip ...

... aching me... Brad had recommended a guest house in the Boeang Lake area where all the backpackers tend to go. We looked at a few guest houses and they were pretty poor standard. We settled on the Sister No 9 Guest House. The room was basic we had ...

... toilet to be built and we bid our farewells. Perhaps not as emotionally charged as the last time but tissues required all the same! Battambang is another couple of hours away. It is known for its old French Colonial architecture. I can't say I liked it ...

... kingdom). Stay - Arboretum Guest House, 1dbl/AC/tea,coffee/$15 House 427 Group 4 www.arboretumguesthouse.com - Budget guest houses, 1dbl/$5 or more Tickets - boat Battambang - Siem Reap - $20 (about 7 hours) - bus Battambang - Siem Reap - $5 (3 hours) - ...

... we stayed on a small island just off the coast at Kep.  The white beaches of Koh Tonsay have a few Bamboo hut style guest houses, a few hammocks, several dogs and not much else......well, that is any other time of the year!  Chinese tet meant ...

... businesses that have sprung up to care for the thousands of tourists doing Angkor Wat, about 5 miles away. Restaurants of all types, guest houses for every budget and stores selling whatever a farang could yearn for, it was all there in Siem Reap. The ...

... headed to the countryside of Kampot.  Stepping off the bus in the small town we were ambushed with offers of guest houses and hotels, circled by men shouting and waving information about their hotel being the best.  After a while ...

... that support education and training programs for village people, restaurants that train street children how to cook and serve food and guest houses that give money to organizations that supply housing for orphans. But I still want to be able to fix all ...

... from Thailand!) and is really concerned about your having a great time in their country. And moreover, roads are getting better, guest houses are good, the food is great and much less spicy than in Thailand and the landscapes are fantastic. In 3 words, ...

... actually be a right laugh for all parties if you approach it the right way.  We stayed by the lakeside, in the actually guest houses it is beautiful sitting on veranda that jut out over the water watching the sunsets (see pics).  The guest house ...

... bus fair. Of course nothing in life is free and after reading the lonely planet i learnt that the tuk tuk driver stops at guest houses and gets commission from them if their punters stay. This guy really wound me up though. Armed with this information, I ...

... of C prof - Hendrickson,  who has a team here who has discovered a whole lot of new buildings everywhere they think were guest houses for travelers long ago.  Today, continuing on the theme for the search for poverty ville, I signed up for a ...

... we finally arrived in Siam Reap we were dropped off a bit out of town, and jumped on a tuk tuk which took us round a few guest houses till we found a decent one.  We agreed to meet the driver later on that evening to discuss a trip to the temples at ...