Pacific Hotel Siem Reap

... Siem Reap. Almost worth the $15 USD / pp. Very interesting and a glimpse into "real" Cambodia outside the Siem Reap prosperity. The floating villages include floating hospital, floating school, floating restaurants and even a floating basketball court. ...

... Reap taking 7 hrs! Phalkun says that the roads are not bumpy, it's the people and the bus! Anyway here we are in Siem Reap, a beautiful oasis nestled along rice paddies and the gateway to the Angkor Archaeological Park. A small provincial town, it ...

... .   Gem-colored silks in a brilliant array of colors are stacked floor to ceiling in shops at Phnom Penh and Siem Reap. This Cambodian handicraft has been passed down from generation to generation. The colors of traditional Khmer silk costumes are ...

... . It is $5 USD/month for two hours of English instruction a day. Besides reeking from the stench of the river, Siem Reap is also very dusty. Our hotel is located at the end of a dirt road; passing motorbikes cover you in red dust. Seems like, ...

... in public classes.  Policemen have to charge motorists at road blocks in order to live.  Here at least in Siem Reap, the tourists are supporting the surrounding community.  Phnom Penh, the beach area and another tourist spot are also doing ...

... it was a nightmare. We were in a Toyota Camry, and we were flying. Since we had mentioned to many tourists that we were going overland to Siem Reap, they all said we are crazy and that we should fly as the road is to bad. Well fuck me, I wish I had a ...

... were able to get onto an earlier flight and we had a good journey with Bangkok Airways, definitely a carrier we would recommend. Siem Reap Airport has been specially constructed for the hordes who visit the Angkor ruins. It is modern and impressive to ...

... good news. The flooding in the streets changes hour to hour, due to the authorities releasing water from the dam they created on the Siem Reap river.  This morning Wat Bo road had just a little water, and the street in front of Hotel De La Praix was ...

... guide who was directing taxi traffic. Called the hotel and they sent someone right away. Treated like royalty once there at the Pacific. This was also the only place they photocopied my password instead of taking it for the duration of the stay. It was ...

... in the Bangkok traffic. We missed the film. Soph got very angry :( haha On Saturday we got up early to fly cathay Pacific from Bangkok to Singapore. It was the best flight we have had, lovely spacious planes and an abundance of wine and movies! Bangkok ...

After saying goodbye to some of our tour group the remaining 5 of us plus our tour leader set off for the drive to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. I loved the drive. It was long, but I spent the time gazing out of the window, watching the world go ...

As we boarded our bus from Siem Reap to Phnom Phen, I noticed vendors selling purified water, fruit and snacks. I thought I would get some kind of snack for the ride. As I looked at the offerings, I realized the woman had a big plate of fried ...

We had the choice of paying $160 for a plane ticket from Siem Reap to Bangkok, or $10 to take the bus, so we took the scenic route. We took a mini-bus from our hotel to catch the larger bus to the border where we had to unload to go though customs on ...

... rather than the larger towns and cities. Is this what was meant when a monk, with whom we spoke informally at Siem Reap, said that nearly everyone in Cambodia will identify themselves as Buddhist, but few practice Buddhist principles? As the day wore on, ...

... Also of note in Cambodia were the number of bicycles! As many scooters as there are in Thailand there are again that many bicycles in Siem Reap (and they don't stay over to the side of the road - they take up the whole road and you have to manoevre ...

... to the trip. The trip started with buying promotional airfare tickets with Air Asia with a Clark-KL and KL-Siem Reap route. Then we booked Cebu Pacific flight from Ho Chi Minh to Manila. We searched online for bus line, schedules and rates from Siem Reap ...

... hotels in advance. Fortunately I found a great last-minute bargain at the five-star Borei Angkor Resort & Spa in Siem Reap -- $51 a night including breakfast and Internet access! Stupendous! Having finally secured a place to sleep tomorrow, I climbed ...

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... here is Sa ba dee, which said at speed could just be mistaken for Zebedee...Colin experienced similar confusion in the Raffles Hotel in Siem Reap. As we were showed our room, the lady explaining how everything worked appeared to say "If you want room ...