Kampong Cham Hotel

Today we head off to Kampong Cham, we organise a mini van from our guest house, he tells us 4 persons across the seat, most mini vans have 3 seats across, we think ah! Must be a big mini van, cost is $5 each and takes 2.5 hours rather than 4.5 hours on ...

Me voici à Kampong Cham, en transit vers le Ratanakiri, à l'est du Cambodge. J’ai trouvé un preteur d’internet adorable dans un hotel chicos bien au dessus de mes moyens (à 20 dollars la nuit!), voisin de mon hotel à moi. ...

Kampong Cham number 2 or ...

... We got back just in time for sunset on the Mekong and spent the evening relaxing and enjoying the stillness of Kampong Cham. We talked to the owner of the Mekong Crossing the next day, we had already decided that we would stay ...

... Dinner was also very good although no one could speak english it was a matter of point at a buffet selection and tuk in. Kampong cham isn't really a party town nor did we come across many Barang (westeners) so we took a stroll along the river ...

... of Kratie. We went to the main hotel in town to find it was full?! But, we quickly found a nice river front hotel a block further down. Every building along the river appeared to be still half built and the town was going through major development. We ...

Our final destination is meant to be Kratie but we decide on a break in the journey with an overnight stay in Kampong Cham which turns out to have some charm and a lovely riverside atmosphere. And anyway, six hours on a bus with the Chuckle Brothers and ...

On the bus ride on the way to Siem Reap a torrential downpour hit us while the minibus was careening down a dirt highway along the Mekong.  We got to this one village where the road was under some serious construction and the road just turned to a ...

... until Chiel got the hotel staff to clean the room. So in total I slept three hours. We took the bus and started our way to Kampong Cham. It was funny first the bus was not working too well and we saw the driver throwing away a part of the engine, then ...

... balcony. The Guesthouse reckoned that we had the only key but were proved wrong when one of their keys opened the lock. Thank you Kampong Scam, it’s been nice!! Although, to the person that nicked all our stuff, you’re an egg club sandwich, ...

... one. After he was removed, I could still feel phantom spider feet on me. About 15 minutes later we were in Kompong Cham. Our hotel looks right out over the Mekong river. I'm quite surprised by the size of the river... it's huge. Also, it appears ...

we spent most of the day on the road today..as we left siem reap around 9.30 and arrived in kampong cham about 3.30pm...it doesnt matter how small the journey it always ends up taking the whole day up to get there..... kampong cham is just another ...

... more than a over priced tourist town which is a shame really as there is much more to Cambodia and the people than that. Kampong Cham however is where I have had the most fun. RIchard and Mel have been working there for about 7 weeks and have got to ...

... I could to say in Khmer that he needed to go to Siem Reap and we needed a moto driver to take him at least to Kampong Cham, a large provincial town 1 ½ hours North, to catch a bus the rest of the way. It was intimidating trying to negotiate with so many ...

... ; We decided to stay there for $4.  Not the best though as floor littered with dead flies and other unidentified bits!! Kampong Cham pretty deserted as everyone was at the water festival (yes another one we've missed) in Phnom Penh.  Whilsy ...

... up and dropped out to the bus stop, where we soon realised that we had been sold two tickets to a different place entirely - Kampong Cham. After a small bit of swearing, the guys in the bus station confirmed that there wasn't a bus to where we ...

... when  several tour buses arrived...apparently an overnight stop on travels to or from somewhere. I cannot say that I experienced everything Kampong Cham had to offer the traveler, but its location on the banks of the Mekong, and its friendly locals ...

... , with the occasional more modern brick house. Lots of friendly kids greeting us on the side of the road. Kampong Cham is right by the mighty Mekong and our hotel room has a great view of the river. Being away from Siem Reap and all the temples means ...

Next stop was a small little town called Kampong Cham. It was just an over night stop to break the journey on our way to Kampot but it was notable by two things. 1.  During our two hour journey we stopped at the Cambodian equivalent of a motorway ...