Siem Reap Angkor

at the Thai - Cambodia border, a 3 hour trip. Take a visa at the border (don't listen to all this guys who want to sell you visa etc.) just go yourself to the Cambodian visa office, pay $ 20,- and that's it. Immigration is after another 60 meters and after find a bus or car to

continuing the journey Bangkok Siem Reap, there is no train service. A car from the border to Siem Reap is about $ 25,- it wont matter if you are single or more, it needs some negotiations and do yourself something good and book the hotel in advance. Siem Reap hotels and other Siem Reap accommodations are often fully booked. Keep in mind that Chinese people discovered Angkor trips and they come in bulk. Try to find a Siem Reap accommodation somewhere near the Siem Reap old market, that's the center of the city and everything happen there. There is a huge market area and also a night market with some add on such as Khmer dancing. Around the night market area are dozens of restaurants including great BBQ open air restaurants plus  excellent shopping and the "Pub Street" which is the prime Siem Reap Nightlife spot with dozens of restaurants, bars, BBQ, open air discos and even a Cambodian Dance

Bangkok Siem Reap

Cambodia holiday

Angkor Tours

Siem Reap Hotels Bopha Angkor Hotel. The city probably has the highest density of midrange and upper level hotels in south east Asia its a tourism industry but they somehow make the same mistake as the Thai, they only focus on one subject and this is Angkor all other tourist destinations wont get a proper marketing support. Since there are plenty of great nature spots such as Koh Kong, Kampot and the eastern side of the country very seldom there is any marketing for this spots. In Thailand they do the same but the other way around to do marketing for Thailand only as a beach destination but the country has plenty of great outdoor spots which never find their way in a marketing campaign. Since in Thailand all this is only money triggered it looks like as the beautiful regions at places like Umphang probably don't pay enough to the relevant people at the TAT in Bangkok.

- Siem Reap Nightlife

is rather slow motion with some exceptions but no match to Thailand nightlife, Phuket nightlife or

Show every evening at the "Temple Balcony" restaurant at the first floor, they bring free Apsara Dancing with pretty Apsara Dancer during a dinner show starting at 7.54pm.

Through the internet it shouldn't be a problem to book Siem Reap hotels, now your Cambodia holiday can start. The first is always Siem Reap Angkor a short trip of 6.3km for the Angkor entrance ticket, $20,- for one day) and then the Angkor trip starts.

It is very advisable to book a guided Angkor tour for one day for $ 15,- they will take all problems away from you and show what matters, you wont never be able to do this seriously on your own, a typical Angkor tour is with 10 people in a minibus. At the Angkor Archeological Zone, that's where all the temples are, walking is on the agenda anyway.

There are no particular Siem Reap tours since the city is quite small and everything important is left and right of the small river in the center.

On a Bangkok Siem Reap tour by bus the entrance to the city is from the west side and there is one big Siem Reap hotel after the other its amazing there are at least two dozen big hotels lining the street. Since the Chinese discovered a trip to Angkor as a nice short holiday tourists are rolling in, during high season every day over 4000 tourists coming to the city to visit Angkor Wat and the other temples. In any case there are plenty of things to do in Siem Reap but finally everyone is focused on Angkor, Angkor Wat, Ta Prohm and other temple at the Archeological Park.

Pattaya nightlife, also the nightlife girls business is totally hidden