Jasmine Hotel Cambodia

... 4 am in a bustling and heaving Bangkok bus station is not easy either. Crossing the border at Aryanapratet, Thailand into Poipet, Cambodia could have been the worst. After a 12 hour bus journey with a change in Bangkok we arrived at Aryanapratet to ...

... and Cambodian Riel. Which made it very confusing to work out the exchange and it made purchasing things a nightmare. It's also cheap in Cambodia. Not massively but enough that they prefer 1 dollar bills. And what did we have? A hundred dollar bill and a ...

... left a small tip and on our way out they thanked us for coming and also thanked us for supporting the children of Cambodia because of the donation I had made- it really made me smile and just a feeling of overwhelming appreciation and gratitude towards ...

... to right on windscreen) unknown to us that it would be almost 11 hours later before we would be booking into our hotel in Cambodia, considering it was only 280miles...... We broke off for lunch just before the boarder, two hours later Danny and I were ...

... landmines a year all over the world and estimates that there are still between 6 and 9 million unexploded landmines in Cambodia alone. Everyday, people all over the world accidentally walk into them and become permanently handicapped because they blow up ...

... I left there will help make some lives better.   RUNNING AMOK IN CAMBODIA   The rest of my time in Cambodia I spent milling about Siem Reap ...

... , next door to it 30$, Cobra brothel, next door full... until I made it to the last hotel on the beach fully wet in sweat. Jasmine Hotel had a room for us for 10$ and that seemed to be the only option for the night. It also had attached bathroom and cable ...

... coordinator for an NGO called 'Iam Cambodia’. They are an organisation that provide teacher volunteering opportunities in Cambodia free of charge (anyone interested can reach Chris on chris@iamcambodia.com. Also see their website ...

... a Jasmine breakfast. Today I planned to cycle to a nearby village and check out rural life in Cambodia. I was inspired after my talk with Tim, a Jasmine resident, on Monday. Speaking to both Haq (Jasmine staff) and Jacquie (Jasmine resident), they both ...

... later in the day, by the time we went back for classes. We dropped of Mr Daro back at school and headed back to Jasmine. --Hitting the hotels-- In the afternoon, Dan and I hit the nearby 5* hotels to see if they would be interested in supporting the Kok ...

... and they said that was fine. They still took all of us. Daniel, a guy from Germany, came with me to Jasmine Lodge, my old 'home' in Cambodia, where I assured him he would find a clean, comfortable, cheap room. The other two in the taxi preferred to be ...

... of policeman drinking beer outside. That was quite surprising given the Prime Minister was in town and was staying in at Hotel City Angkor, just past Jasmine. All the other police officers in town seemed very active. I had a red curry and it was one of ...

... money. For those in the middle, I ask for both!” -    “There is corruption at all levels in Cambodia which has stemmed from the war. Even the PM knows this. It’s so serious, the government want to set up a corruption ...

... looked back at the classroom and remembered all my best moments over the past month (especially the Mung/ hotel manager moment a week back). --Evening-- We headed back to Jasmine and Rups and I went up to the restaurant to toast to the end of school. It ...

... few days. Reading in the Phnom Penh Times, the Cambodians and Thais are at loggerheads over a patch of land northwest of Cambodia. Both armies have been occupying the area over the past year, with both countries claming they are the rightful owners. The ...

--Breakfast at the BP-- We woke up and headed to the BP for breakfast. We were joined by a fellow traveler staying at Jasmine, Audrey. She was traveling with her group of Irish friends that we met on Tuesday. I started off with a lovely farmer's salad and ...

... of Kok Chork (next to the school) is a settlement of farmers. Thier houses are really basic, as you see all over rural Cambodia. They are mainly made of iron, wood or leaf. Cows were roaming the roads and the local kids would rush out to say hello. ...

... the people of a village called Kraya out of their homes. Eventually, we got to Siem Reap and were welcomed into our new hotel, the Jasmine Lodge, by its owner, Mr Kunn. I have spoken to Mr Kunn on Skype many times organizing this leg of the trip and ...

... we stick to our guns and even get them to stop at an ATM on the way (as I have very few dollars.  Getting to Jasmine lodge at 2:30am I’m surprised to find that the security guard is expecting us, has our key and shows us to our triple where we ...

... the kids understood it pretty well. --Evening-- Tonight, we went to a different Cambodian BBQ joint which has been recommended by Hunn from Jasmine Lodge. Queen’s BBQ is over the Siem Reap River and has more of a local feel to it than the Suki BBQ ...