Just arrived in Phnom Penh, they said it would take 7 hours...well it took 6H58'..I have to say they are pretty punctional here
First impressions, much better than Siem Reap...yes tuktuk mania will also swarm around you like a bunch of flies around echte luikse siroop when you leave the bus but it is more relaxed..heck, they even smile if you indicate with two fingers you will walk.
The time that Cambodia's capitol only had 2 asphalted roads is long gone though...if there are 2 unpaved ones it will be a lot.... (probably there are many more on the outskirts where white people probably never come..anyway).
High season though :( ... Guesthouse #1: rooms for $6 sold out, #2: rooms for $7 sold out, #3: rooms for $4 sold out and so on and so on...as the walk was taking too long (almost drowning in my own sweat) I fell for the $8 one before even that one was sold out (and it does not even has hot water...not that I really need that but you should have it for that price)...Walking away, bargaining..it all did not help...high season. At least there is free internet here and the PC is much better than the previous one.
Good thing 2: I am not very far away from Capitol tour's office (same bus operator that took me here) and they sell tickets to Saigon for $10 with a direct bus (shouldn't be like the Aranya Prahtet - Poipet scam). All depends on the Visa completion.
Good thing 3: It should be only a 15' walk away from the Khmer Rouge museum (S21)..so no tuktuks needed (or sweat drowning if on foot)
Another good thing: I am not really in the main tourist area (which is near the river)... What I have been told you have Siem Reap's massage frequency translated into boom boom over there. No need for that harassment. I guess that will be a bit more difficult to dodge in Saigon.
First impressions, much better than Siem Reap...yes tuktuk mania will also swarm around you like a bunch of flies around echte luikse siroop when you leave the bus but it is more relaxed..heck, they even smile if you indicate with two fingers you will walk.
The time that Cambodia's capitol only had 2 asphalted roads is long gone though...if there are 2 unpaved ones it will be a lot.... (probably there are many more on the outskirts where white people probably never come..anyway).
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Good thing 2: I am not very far away from Capitol tour's office (same bus operator that took me here) and they sell tickets to Saigon for $10 with a direct bus (shouldn't be like the Aranya Prahtet - Poipet scam). All depends on the Visa completion.
Good thing 3: It should be only a 15' walk away from the Khmer Rouge museum (S21)..so no tuktuks needed (or sweat drowning if on foot)
Another good thing: I am not really in the main tourist area (which is near the river)... What I have been told you have Siem Reap's massage frequency translated into boom boom over there. No need for that harassment. I guess that will be a bit more difficult to dodge in Saigon.
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