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Publié à 22:58, le 22/03/2010, Mots clefs : étapes, itinerary, villes, itineraires CAMBODIA : useful information in English 1/3What we did...What we loved  ...... Hotels, Guesthouses, prices, transports...
(for photos of hotels or maps, see the articles below in French, please) February-March 2010 Currency : 1€=5600 Riels 1$= 4000 or 4200 Riels ►Hotels :
tel (855 23) 218 O26/ (855 12) 854 806
Good location, in a not very noisy street. Large double room N°1, on the first floor on the street with AC 15$, not including breakfast. A lot of possibilities of rooms from 10$ without AC. Breakfast : possible on their street terrace ; prices OK. Slow service or order not understood...! Internet access.
- Super Star Hotel 172 street, n°26 ( behind the big wat, near the Royal Palace. Very well located in a quiet street. Very clean.
Mail: s_starhotel @yahoo.com 15$ the double room. Some rooms don’t have windows. We didn’t stay but visited a no window room. We met people very satisfied thus confirming it is a good place to stay.
- Paragon Hotel 2198, quay Sisowath. Very good but more expensive, facing the river info_paragonhotel@yahoo.com. Rooms with or without windows. Ex: 23$ the double with AC, no windows we hardly negociated at 20$. Large & beautiful double facing the river, balcony, AC: 38$
KOH DACH ISLAND
Villa Koh Dach, guesthouse on Silk Island : The Owner, Meng, speaks a little English. 4 comfortable and very clean rooms with fan, and bath. Billard in the garden. Meng’s wife cooks nice full meals, different every day, and it is a good thing you eat here as no other guesthouses on the island, and no restaurant (few tourists).
For any information, contact French Roger Barthas, on his blog kohdach-info.blogspot.com or http://cambodge.forumactif.com a useful and interesting forum (in French) for travellers in Cambodia.
Double room 15$, breakfast included. No internet on the island except through telephone. Bike renting.
A charming place, where you will experiment an authentic stay. Walk or ride, go to the market along the Mekong river, visit an old temple, watch the silk weaving and have a try when you are asked, go to the beach (but pay a fee before reaching it) ! Speak with the school children who want to practice their English, meet the inhabitants… You will feel far away from Phnom Penh ! I would suggest staying 2 or 3 nights.
How to go there : tuk tuk, ferry and moto dop ; our whole trip cost 10$. Tuk tuk from Phnom Penh city center, cross the bridge in the north of town (Japanese Friendship bridge),then go as far as Gold Sun Hotel (ex Chai Hun), on your right, to take the first pier, then ferry (500R), and moto dop trip (negociate price) until the KOH DACH Villa (40mn) during which you can have a first approach of this long island ; some silk weavers ladies will try to make you stop to visit their place during the first part of your trip !
►Restaurants in Phnom Penh:
-Friends N°215, 13 street. http://www.friends-international.org . Training restaurant, not far from the national museum.
Nicely decorated restaurant and good food, a bit expensive but it’s for a humanitarian action, thus supporting former street teenagers’ training. (4.5$ ice cream, with banana and chantilly, crêpes and ice cream….so delicious !)
►Massage in Pnom Penh :
You can find massage salons everywhere: body massage, foot massage with oil or without, pedicure and manicure from 5$ to 8 or 10$ one hour according the salon. Some use better quality oil or cream, or have better qualified masseuses or simply a chic decoration !
we quite enjoyed massage at Sawasdee Massage : south of Independence Monument, N°6B, street 57, Boung Keng Kang 1 (opposite Khmer Surin Restaurant) - Oil body massage 1h :11$.
KOMPONG CHHNANG ►Hotel :
- Sokha's Guesthouse tel 026 988 62 / 012 76 29 88
10 minute walk from the city centre. A two- storey house, colonial style in a big and quiet garden. No restaurant in the hotel, only for breakfast. Large double room with bath, TV, fan 9$
►Restaurant :
The only one in town Metpheap Restaurant ( we didn’t see Mekong restaurant -not in town or doesn’t exist any longer ?). Not expensive, dishes from 8000R to 12000R. Very few tourists. It could be an excellent idea to take your English-Khmer language book with you…
►Transports:
-Bus GST Phnom Penh- Kompong Chhnang : 5$. A minibus picks you up at your hotel. (Same price if you buy a ticket to Battambang. You will be told nobody gets on the bus on the way. Everywhere in the country we encounter this when you buy a bus ticket !)
-Motodops in town. We didn’t see any tuk tuk !
Visit by moto-dops the surroundings : short day visit :10 $ (quay area, 3kms far from centre, floating vietnamese village –extra fee you have to pay to the longboat owner 1h, 7$, pottery village 7kms far...).
- Bus GST Kompong Chhnang- Battambang 6$- 3h30 (it could be longer)
BATTAMBANG ►Hotels and Homestay
- HOMESTAY « Chez Sam in BATTAMBANG »
Sam Samolo (chezsambattambang@gmail.com)
Sam is a cool and friendly 31-year-old Franco-Khmer guy. He can speak English.
Only 3 rooms with AC or fan, in his house. 15 $ the double room with fan, including breakfast. Visits not included. Free Internet. Better to book in advance ! I would suggest a 4 night-stay to enjoy the surroundings His tuk tuk driver Seon lives nearby and his comfortable tuk tuk is for 6 people. Sam takes you around for the visits.
Your day excursions are done in tuk tuk or motorbike along red dusty roads, or better roads…. You can try a ride on the bamboo train too. His cultural itineraries are well organized to make you discover rural life activities.
A wonderful stay ! - HOTEL Charming, colonial style hotel : La Villa
standard double room AC 60$ - deluxe with TV and minibar 85$ breakfast included. Free Internet. Swimming pool. Restaurant. Delicious fruit shake 2.50$, if you want to enjoy the place without sleeping here !
►Restaurants
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 Pomme d'Amour/ Apple of Love. Street 2, 5 n°63. French style cuisine with local products. Newly opened by Patrice and his wife Mary, owners of Madison Corner. Good food but not so cheap : one dish minimum 4.50$ -
Green House Café : delicious lok lak ! Cheap prices and nice place -
Night market along the river. Cheap and good noodle or rice dishes. ►Massage : Park Hotel, The Park Spa : oil massage 8$ 1h, foot massage 5$ 1h
►Transports
Leaving Battambang by boat : Expensive - 20$- but worth the 8 -hour trip ! Departure at 7am (but in fact at 7.25. Arrival in Siem Reap at 15.15. Take a tuk tuk to Siem Reap.( but a tuk tuk from your hotel can pick you up)
The level of the water in the river was ok but sometimes the captain had to go slowly. At the departure in battamang you can buy fruits, biscuits, water ... One stop on a floating restaurant where you can buy something to eat. If travelling sitting on the roof, you can take pictures easily, and have a good view during the first hours (and a good light) before you arrive on the lake . Don't forget your hat !
SIEM REAP
►Hotels & Guesthouses
Free internet access and Wifi. 10 minutes walk from the market area in a quiet street. 9$ the double room with avec fan, bath, and breakfast. Tuk tuk transfer free from the harbour ; Wen having your breakfast, be very patient !!! It is a good idea to order it at the time you want 6.30 for example, the evening before…. A good address which is opposite the Tigre de Papier.
40$ double with AC, and breakfast; swimming pool in a small garden. Internet access. Looks like a big comfortable villa, with beautiful inside wooden staircase.
- Victoria Angkor Resort & Spa : De luxe colonial style hotel, full of charm. The price is less charming… 155$ ++ double room, breakfast 18$++. Deluxe room 165$++….
►Restaurants
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Sala Bai The School of Rice, 155 Phoum Tapoul A
really sympathetic and warm welcome in this training restaurant and guesthouse where you are very well served by the trainees and their trainers ; same principle as Friends in Phom Penh or Le Tonlé in Stung Treng. Created by "Agir pour le Cambodge". Good three- course meal 8$. We loved it !
-Dinner and Apsara show : Koulen II - Rina Rino Restaurant 103 Mondoi 1, Svay Dongkom tel 016 878 391 / 011 532 880 A little restaurant and good food with cheap prices
- Blue Pumpkin :pastries, croissants, bakery... from 20pm, you can buy them at 50% discount ( ►Massages : Everywhere, with similar prices except when choosing a chic spa !
- You and Me Massage foot massage 6$, body 8 - 12$ - Doctor Feet : excellent. Seems sucessful ! read the comments written on the walls !
- BT massage, on the other bank of the river, near Soria Moria, at the corner of street 24. Pleasant area. ►Transports: Tuk tuk drivers (English and French speaking):
- Mr Phally (Poli) :We met this sympathetic young man during one of our ride, in Siem Reap. He looks professionnal and motivated.
- Mr Meas Thoeun measthoeun@yahoo.com tel. 016 862 117/ 092 332 649 / 097 692 6217 He also owns a guesthouse, located near the market area.
http://measthoeuntuktuk.blogspot.com/
►Visits of the temples :When buying your pass at the site entrance, on the way to Angkor(2 days, 3 consecutive days, 3 non consecutive days=“3-day visit during its one week validity”…) a photography is automatically taken of you, and it will be included on the pass ticket. Not necessary to give them an identity photography. Don’t lose your pass, you would have to buy another one !
Our itineray with Mr Thoeun was as following : Day 1- small itinerary : departure from guesthouse at 7 am Prasat Kravan, Sras Srang, Bantea Kdei, Ta Phom, Ta Keo, Thom Mauon, palais royal, le Bayon, - lunch break- le Baphuon, terraces of éléphants …, Angkor Vat and sunset time here. Back at 6pm Day 2- long itinerary (A+C) + outside(B) : A) Pré Rup,mebon oriental,Ta Som. B) : Bantea Srei, Bantea Samre C) Ta Som (following – lunch break- Preah Khan. Back to hotel. Evening : restaurant for dinner apsara show at 6.30 pm. Day 3 (non consecutive) : by car to Beng Meala (65kms), the stone careers (old and recent ones still used for restoration, we could see people at work, etc…).
►Dental clinic (just in case!
 ) : Pachem Dental Clinic (recommended to us by expats - my husband was very satisfied) 242, Mondul 3 Siem Reap . 3 other addresses in Phom Penh. info@pachemdental.com customer service 855 017 300 300
►Transports
- Bus Sorya Siem Reap-Kompong Thom
(40mn late !) at 8.40 am: arrival in Kompong Thom at 10 am.
KOMPONG THOM
►Hotel
- Arunas hotel tel 062 961 294 / 012 836 107 / 092 316 070 FAX 062 961 294
THE big hotel of this small town with its 2 restaurants (one for the hotel and one for the guesthouse, same name), the meeting point for the inhabitants. The only busy place here ! Near the bus and tuk tuk station, and the market. Comfortable double room with fan, facing the river : 7$
►Internet : Internet cafés a few metres from this hotel
►Transports
Many companies. We took the following (We didn’t find any other earlier).
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Bus GST Kompong Thom-Kompong Cham at 10.40am (40mn delayed), good roads. 6.5$/pers.
We suggest stopping in K.T on the way to Angkor, (and not after if you want to enjoy the site of Sambor Prei Kuk. We felt a bit disappointed with the visit).
-Surroundings : Kompong Thom- Sambor Prei Kuk site by tuk tuk : 1 hour trip one way on a very bad and dusty road 12$ return trip (négociate). Interesting villages on the way, nice landscape.
Entrance of the site : 3$
KOMPONG CHAM
►Hotel
- Mekong hotel One-storey big hotel facing the Mekong river. Very clean. Wide halls, as wide as a tennis court !
(042) 941 536 / (012) 953 521 -fax (042 ) 941 465 belongs to group Mittapheap
Very comfortable and large room with fan :7$ - double rooms facing the river are with AC : 15$. Breakfast is not included. We used to have breakfast at Mekong Crossing restaurant, a few meters further, facing the Mekong river.
►Restaurants
- Mekong Crossing : very good traditional dishes and reasonable prices ; facing the Mekong,and at a crossroads . You can have breakfast, lunch or dinner, or just a drink ! The owner is American.
- Lazy Mekong Daze: a little further, facing the river too. Very good meals. Similar to the restaurant above. The owner is from Brittany (France)-
-C'est à Moi Newly opened, by a French couple. Next to Bophea Guesthouse. tel 092 586 421 Go there for home-made vegetable soups, or quiches.
Publié à 10:57, le 22/03/2010, dans @ CAMBODIA : useful information, Mots clefs : dental clinic, visits, useful information, guesthouses, massages, transports, guides, hotels, restaurants, temples CAMBODIA : useful information in English 2/3(see maps and photos on the French part) ►Guides/drivers
- Mr Vannat : vannat_kompongcham@yahoo.com Tel 012 995 890 Sympathetic and competent. Speaks English, French. Easy to contact, even from Mekong Crossing ! visits by jeep : one day visits 20$ or 30 $ surroundings including, according to the location.
Our day excursion at 20$ : rubber plantation and the rubber manufactory, interesting villages on the way where you can stop and see the weaving activity (different place from the weaving village), old wooden pagoda, lunch break at Kompong Cham market, then the lotus farm
- Sam - Din Tel 012 643 753 This young guide looks very sympathetic, he speaks English, French. He drew the 2 Kompong Cham maps showing all visits locations, you can find in restaurants. He may be cheaper than Mr Vannat whose name is given in guidebooks… ► Bamboo Bridge : nice walk from your hotel . Small fee when on the bridge : 2000R for foreigners, 700R pour Cambodian people ... ► Aerobic :  free sessions along the Mekong river at 6pm. Interesting to see (or to do, why not ?)!
STUNG TRENG Pleasant one- night stop on your way to Banlung in Ratanakiri. Quiet town along the river ►Hotels/guesthouses : - Riverside guesthouse,tel 012 490 333 / 012 447 775 in front of the river. Quiet, no traffic at night ! Double room with river view, with window, 7$ with fan and bath. The owner can buy bus tickets to Banlung for you. Departure of minibus at 8 am- 6$/person - Charming traditional Khmer house facing the river. 4 rooms on the first floor, with fan, from 6$ to 8$, single or double. Very cosy and quiet. 2 large verandas with river view. Each room has got its name such as Kratie, Ratanakiri ... Bed with mosquito net ; shared bathroom. Lovely welcome by the trainees
►Hotel - http://www.treetop-ecolodge.com tel 011 600 381 / 012 490 333 Just outside the city centre, not far. no problem to walk to town. Charming place with nice big bungalows (6 if I remember wel!) with terraces and hammock, overlooking the valley, and surrounded by cashew trees. Bungalow with fan and bathroom 10$. Also rooms, cheaper, with, or without bath. Prices rise at Chinese New Year time. The hotel proposes one day or 2 day-treks, or visits to tribe villages in the surroundings, with official guides. ►Internet : free wifi and internet (you can have the owner’s laptop but slow connection). Cybercafés nearby with good connection. ►Good restaurant with a large terrace where we had all our meals. Good food and pleasant atmosphere. ►Guides/visits to tribes villages Prices paid for one day excursion 10$ for “guide”Jamie, 40$ 4-weels car with driver, 20$ le bateau for 2 people; we shared car and guide with 3 other travellers.. Villages of tribes ►Our guide : contact Jammy (his nickname) : seayeen oum (seayeen@live.co.uk) ►Surroundings of Banlung : Boeng Yeak Lom one- hour walk from Treetop to this round lake, or by bicycle. Entrance fees for foreigners : 1$... you can eat in the park. ►transports Stung Treng -Banlung by mini bus: departure at 8am from hotel- Arrival at noon at Treetop Ecolodge in Banlung 6$/person Banlung - Kratie by bus: 6.5$/ pers. Bus at 6.30am from the market area ; it left at…7.30am and had a breakdown when leaving banlung 10 minutes later ! Arrival in Kratie at13.30, after a 5-hour trip If you want to go to Stung treng you will have to get out at the crossroads as the bus turn left on the road to Kratie. ST is not far away.. Banlung to Sen Monorom, Mondolkiri by motorbike . Yes it’s possible but difficult because of the “track/road”. Think of one-night stop on the way to Sen Monorom. To organize the trip, see Jammy from the Star Hotel, who already organized it with his brother..
KRATIE
►Hotels/guesthouses : - Morhautdom hotel (Riverside’s neighbour) on the quay facing the Mekong. 012 954 768 / 072 971 666 / 011 214 281 Comfortable room, with fan, bath, hot water, facing the river 8$ (see photo, second floor, on the right). Recent built hotel, but welcome of the owner could be warmer. You pay everyday. No breakfast, no Internet access. The only « noise » you can get is the customers dining or speaking at the night noodle food stands along the Mekong, - U-Hong II Guest house Street 10 n°119, not really on the quay, but in a small street leading to the markets. Rooms 5$-13$ we didn’t see them) tel H/P 085 885 168 / 072 690 0041 - You Hong Guest House (same manager?) street 8, a bit further, in the market area. youhong_kratie@yahoo.com
►Restaurants et night food stands - U-Hong II Guest house:Good meals and prices ok)We took all our meals here ! Sympathetic place, with full of useful information hanging on the walls. - Night food stand along the quay. ►Internet 4000R(1$) one hour. Internet access (slow depending at what time at U-Hong II) Cyber café high speed:further on this street, turn left at the market, a small shop next to a guesthouse ►Money changing – Bank - Small money-changer shops around the market. You can spot them easily by walking around it. - Acleda Bank : Preah Sihanouk street. Outside the city centre; Walk or take a tuk-tuk. The big building is on your right, when coming from the market place.
►What to do, what to see ( or not to do ?) - Stroll along the Mekong, admire the beautiful sunsets -Everyday life scenes : Walk along the path down to the bank of the river at about 5pm, time to watch 6 or 7 horses bathing ; some inhabitants too enjoy bathing or washing to get cooler. Some workers repairing boats sometimes. The path starts from north of the town, near the crossroads where a road comes from Stung Treng -Walk around the streets, to see traditional wooden old houses or colonial style houses (more or less well-kept) - North of Kratie You can take a tuk tuk or a moto-dop to go north of the town and see the dolphins. Negociate prices (around 4$) ! Ask for prices (cheaper prices…) at U-Hong Guesthouse or the GH at the bottom of street 10, facing the market. - South of Kratie : Negociate a tuk tuk (We paid around 8$ return way) to go to Chhlong along the Mekong river by a dusty and bumpy non asphalted road (wearing a mask 1600R would be a good idea !). Very interesting to see rural everyday life, in the villages you go through. Authentic. We didn’t meet any other tourists ! -The dolphins : By moto-dop :4$ return, then hire or share a boat (7 to 9$ per person) ; many touts in town propose this excursion. If you prefer to not to take the boat, but prefer seeing the dolphins from the bank, we were told the fee is 2$...We didn’t go there.
►Transports : Bus Paramount Angkor Express Kratie - Phnom Penh : 4.5 $ including a small bottle of water on board ; departure at 7am from Kratie, opposite the hotels facing the river. Very comfortable bus.
T H E C O A S T KEP
►Hotels - Vanna's Bungalows http://www.vannabungalows.com
Our bamboo bungalow with fan was at the back of the resort : 18$ without breakfast. Some are cheaper. Bungalows with AC are more expensive, and concrete built. Good location near the crab market you can reach on foot. The city of Kep is far away. (see map). No contact with inhabitants in this area, except tuk tuk drivers and people working in one shop, at hotels or restaurants! Other hotels or guesthouses nearby (Le Bout du Monde…) or near Kep beach (not paradisiac beach…) - Pleasant walk along the sea from crab market to Kep beach or have a walk in the morning to watch people picking up sea shells, in front of the crab market.
► a shop : Lily Perles, if you like pearls ( all kinds of pearls)
►Restaurants - Vanna's : good food ; nice terrace at sunset !. - Crab market : not a market but a long row of small restaurants along the sea, with crabs, shrimps, fish on their menu cooked the way you like, generally gilled or fried with Kampot fresh green pepper, delicious but a bit expensive. A few bars and a tour agency. We used to ask for seing before we order, as sometimes crabs are very small, jumbo shrimps are kept frozen, or the fish has already be barbecued a few hours ago… Prices from 5 $ a dish up to 10$ according to the size of the dish. Example of prices, including beers, between 15 and 17$ the bill for 2 persons. Our favourite : Kimly Seafood and its neighbour, the last one of the row. ►Internet : free at Vanna’s. One PC ►Transports Bus Phnom Penh - Kep : Departure from the bus station at 9.30 am (15mn delay only !). Arrival in Kep (without going through Kampot) at 1.45 pm. Get out of the bus at second roundabout (see the map on French part) if you choose to stay at Vanna's Bungalows ou nearby. Tuk tuk : - From hotel to the pier, for taking the boat to Tonsay island (Rabbit island) : the driver asked us for a return trip : 8$ per pers. And he waited for us at the pier to take us back to our hotel. Very convenient. If you prefer to buy tickets separately: boat to the island costs 5$ return trip, negociate the tuk tuk trip from hotel to pier at 2$ each way. -Trip to Tonsay island : departure in the morning and return same day at about 4 or 4.30pm; 20- minute trip. - Kep- Kompot (25km) including a stop in a pepper plantation on the hill: we negociated the day tour at 15$. Note the pepper plantation we visited nearby kep is not a pepper farm where you can see workers, and having detailed explanation you may want to have… ► Visit of a Farm-link pepper farm:
-Contact the responsible: Jérome Benezech, (French), (+855) 12 365 321 contact@farmlink-cambodia.com http://www.farmlink-cambodia.com -or see Sok Lim Tours in Kampot who organizes the day trip including the visit of a pepper farm (situated near Kompong Trach). http://www.soklimtours.com Nota: if you stay in Kep, you will be picked up, as it is on the way ! (see the agency) ► Visits in Kampot Big house where you can watch 2 or 3 workers selecting pepper grains, red or black pepper drying in the sun in baskets. You can buy farm link pepper with a reference number, a guarantee of its origin. ►Tonsay island: Accommodation: several bamboo bungalows to stay, and 2 or 3 restaurants on the beach where the boats arrive. Toilets. Very quiet ! Beautiful golden sand beach and clear waters ; others beaches on the other coast, sometimes less clean and wilder. Have a 3 hour-walk around the island, walking along the coast, or along a path (not always well indicated), or through the forest, meet inhabitants of the fishing village, see the seaweeds growing, the mangroves… Not many tourists (who prefer to lie on the main beach)
.KAMPOT
►Guesthouse : - Les Manguiers : http://mangomango.awardspace.com One of Lonely Planet‘s favorites. The guidebook gives another website address : http://www.mangomango.byethost18.com mango@camshin.com A friend of ours stayed there and really loved the place, although it is outside the city. Double room at 18$ ►Restaurants : - Piggu's, good food. This small restaurant faces the quay (many other restaurants nearby).
►Walks in Kampot - Along the quay, pleasant walk with the Bokor in the distance - Colonial style houses, some well- restored. We enjoyed the atmosphere of the city centre and regretted not having time to stay here
SIHANOUKVILLE See maps on French part to locate hotels and beaches
►Guesthouse
Charming guesthouse with its garden patio ; warm welcome by Anne Laure, the French owner. http://www.rega-guesthouse.com/ rega@rega-guesthouse.com +855 12 21 95 05 Located along a street of beaten earth (in the last part) leading to the beach, a few meters further down. Comfortable rooms with fan, around a patio 18$ including breakfast Restaurant on 1st floor ; 2 pleasant sitting rooms where you can have a rest or read. Many sympathetic restaurants and small shops along this street. But…. Ochheuteal, a long and “beautiful” beach??? Well...
Publié à 10:56, le 22/03/2010, dans @ CAMBODIA : useful information, Mots clefs : pepper, money changer, training restaurant, minorities, guesthouses, transports, islands, hotels, beach CAMBODIA : useful information in English 3/3 ►Restaurants :
-New Seaview Villa : sympathetic atmosphere, but not necessary to try to practice your Khmer…
Franco-Khmer restaurant and nice guesthouse, 2 streets behind the beach, away from the other restaurants, on the street leading to Golden Lions Circle. Pleasant and quiet place for dinner or lunch. In this traditional khmer style place, Gerald, the French owner, will be glad to welcome you with his wife. Delicious meals, interesting talks with the owner, good advice. Nota : settled down in Sihanoukville since 1993, Les Feuilles moved to Tola street. You will find it on your left on the way to Golden Lions circle, before The Wall.
Small bungalow resorts and their restaurants. Turquoise sea ...dreamlike ! Quiet. You can rent a motorbike to go to, or a tuk tuk ! ►Hotel and restaurant Mean Mean Bungalows (also written : Mien Mien) : located in the middle part of Otrès, where tuk-tuks generally stop. Charming and comfortable bungalows, good food at the restaurant on the beach.We spent a day there, with a couple of friends staying in one of the bungalows. We didn’t sleep here as we had already booked on Victory beach. ►Transports Tuk tuk from Victory to Otrès Beach : 10$ return trip. We left Otrès beach at about 4.30 pm. We asked the driver to drive along the coast, to avoid downtown, and admire the marvellous white beaches of Independence and Sokka.
VICTORY BEACHBeautiful, white sandy beach, but not as long as the other ones. Charming, and peaceful. Wider part is near Airport Resort (which is at the back of the beach). Palm trees, and shadow. Restaurants. Clear turquoise water.
►Hotel
New management since Feb.2010 : Isabelle and Raphaël are two sympathetic and energetic French persons.
The resort is located on the street leading to the beach, further down, a few minutes walk .Wooden bungalows – cabana style, set in a huge garden planted with hibiscus, cashew trees, jackfruit trees etc.. on the slope of the hill, with the sea in the distance. What a surprise to find such an Eden place in busy Sihanoukville ! Our cabana was the biggest one, with sea view. 15$ with fan, tv and balcony; It needs restoration I must admit , but the bathroom is tiled.
15$ without breakfast. Other bungalows (cheaper) cost from 6 to 8$. The only "noises" came from a few talkative persons from a nearby hotel, at night.
►Restaurants :
- Bungalow village restaurant Very pleasant restaurant and terrace with hammocks for relaxing.We enjoyed the serene atmosphere ! Good meals nicely cooked by Isabelle who goes to the market everyday.
- Koh Lin: in a small street of Victory Hill. French owner. Good meals : Freshly fried calamari with Kampot green pepper, or tamarind sauce are prepared by his wife.
► Free Internet and wifi at Bungalow Village.
►Transports :
- Kep -Sihanoukville : Minibus from Kep (Vanna's) at 8.15 am - Arrival in Sihanouville 2h after.
- Sihanoukville-Koh Kong
Bus Virak-Buntham Express with toilets on board. Departure at 8.15am (and 15mns delay…) from the bus station : 10$ ( including tuk tuk pick up from your hotel). A 4 - hour trip through a beautiful green landscape of mountains and protected forests. Arrival at about 1pm.
KOH KONG CITY ►Hotels/guesthouses : The bus station is outside the city and tuk tuk drivers will be so pleased to take you to a hotel, as they often get a commission… 1$ the trip to Koh Kong City Hotel...if you negociate ! Seaside : (along the quay) - Koh Kong City Hotel : http://kkcthotel.netkhmer.com kkcthotel@netkhmer.com Pleasant, big double rooms with AC, those with sea view : 20$, street view ones are a little cheaper, 17$. We didn’t stay here. - Phou Mint Koh Kong Hotel : next to Koh Kong City Hotel, set in the middle of a wide space looking like a car park. English not understood and not spoken, when we asked for a room. Full, because of Khmer student groups ! - Kolab Koh Kong guesthouse : a short walk from Koh Kong City Hotel : a very good option, with nice comfortable room, sea view, with fan, cable TV and bathroom : 8$. Tel. 016 20 23 23 / 099 05 81 81 / 089 47 95 27 - Koh Kong Guest House, near Kolab KKGH, facing the sea too. Do not mistake with the latter ! : +855 011 821525 Charming wooden-made guesthouse. Rooms on the first floor. We didn’t visit them. You pay in baths and NOT in riels !!! You can book bus tickets here. In the city - Baan Peakmai : No longer a guesthouse ! - Apex hotel : Sympathetic 3-storey hotel with swimming-pool. Comfortable double rooms at 10$. A lot of Cambodian tourists. Representative of Virak-Buntham Express. At the reception desk, free city maps available. ►Restaurants : - Baan Peakmai : Good restaurant set in a pleasant Thai style garden, at a crossroads. - Riverfront restaurant: it has got a different name, and is next to Phou Mint, between Koh Kong City Hotel and Phou Mint GH ; you eat on wooden terraces on pile foundation. Very pleasant ! English not really understood or spoken… - Café Laurent : next to Koh Kong City Hotel (same management ?) ;pleasant terrace surrounded by plants and flowers. Western food, French breakfast. Good coffee. French dishes are expensive here. French breakfast : 4$, 3 croissants : 2$ - Dive Center
(next to Koh Kong GH) proposes day excursions to Koh Kong Island at very expensive prices (we are far away from Thailand prices). That made us leave the following day !
40$/pers for a day excursion including Koh Kong Island, waterfalls and mangroves, snorkeling and lunch. We are told the sand flies are on 6 beaches and the boat must go on the 7th.
18$ half day, 30$ another day excursion (per person)
►Transports
Leaving Koh Kong City to Thailand and Koh Chang
- The bus from the bus station is the one arriving from Sihanoukville at about1pm.
Tickets can be bought at Apex or Koh Kong GH. Departure at about 1.15pm.
15$ per person including tuk tuk pick up, bus to the border, minibus to Trat and the pier, ferry crossing to Koh Chang. Very convenient. Departure from 2 different piers.
Nota: the Cambodian bus does not go through the customs ! You have to walk though the customs and your luggage is brought to the Thai side. (Fee for the service if you don’t carry your luggage yourself when you get out of the bus). Waiting for your minibus can take some time, once you went through the customs. You have time to buy some food !
- Ferry to Koh Chang at 5pm, just in time to admire the sunset at the arrival on the island
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Noisy travellers coming back from the beach bars (not many are open late) at night, at 2 or 4 am. What a shame ! This made us leave this cute guesthouse and stay somewhere else.
it’s a long and narrow beach crowded all along with 2 rows of sunbeds, beach umbrellas, and tourists. At high tide, you will have to walk along, feet in the water. Not very clear water. Moreover it is dirty with its blue sewer tubes not quite hidden into the sand, and going to the sea. In the evening no more beach beds or umbrellas, but armchairs, chairs and tables for dining or drinking. We were surprised to see many restaurants or bars which were already closed at 10pm, except one or 2 open late with loud music. Not a paradisiac beach, that’s for sure !
