- Food is amazing!
- Everyone is very pleasant and say thank you a lot.
- There are HUGE billboards on the main roads into the capital, Phnom Penh – I’m not sure I’ve seen any bigger.. or less they were in Bangkok and I’m confused… which is very possible!
- You can travel pretty much anywhere around Siem Reap on a tuk tuk for $2
- You will be demented saying “no thank you” to tuk tuk drivers.. they’ll even offer to take you to the shops for free!!!
- Don’t be surprised if your flight leaves early.. our flight from Phnom Penh left 15 minutes ahead of schedule and from Siem Reap nearly 30!! It seems once you’re on it’ll go..
- Tampons are expensive – $12.50 at the airport!!!
- In Siem Reap, be prepared to see a lot of tour buses and try to keep away from the crazy ones – you know who they are!!!
- The majority of tourists are Chinese (not linked to above bullet 😉)
- There is a widespread campaign to be a responsible traveller and in particular to treat kids appropriately. We kept seeing this poster everywhere:
- In general the Cambodian people feel hard done by by the Vietnamese – they are definitely not friendly neighbours.
- When visiting the Angkor temples expect to hear a lot of “mind head, mind step”.
- My hair is bad in this country!
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