Tikifish Heading To Bangkok and Environs - General Tiki

R Rattiki Member Key West, FL Joined: May 03, 2003 Posts: 422	R Rattiki Posted posted on Wed, Feb 4, 2004 7:05 PM On 2004-02-04 09:14, tikifish wrote: Wow, thanks Rattiki! I think I can get the poop from my cousin (he is editor of farangonline.com) but your advice is sage and wise. Not sure how long we will stay in Angkor wat - will probably do the Pnom Penh - Seim Reip flight, apparently it is cheaper than just Siem Reap alone. Sage and wise haha! :lol: I know of your cousins publication, so you will be in the know. I could see BKK-PNH-REP being cheaper as the direct flights to REP are a tourist rip off as the town in general is compared to the rest of Cambo. I realized after my second trip there that Seim Reap (unbeknownst to the locals) ACTUALLY means 'Welcome back to Thailand' :lol: :roll: You'll understand if you spend any time outside of REP in Cambo. Also I whole heartedly recommend a couple of days stay in PNH if you can. Stay at the Walkabout Hotel which is a clean, cheap, ($12 a night for AC, CATV, hotwater etc.) friendly Aussie style hotel and pub with great expats full of local knowledge. It is a city on the rebuild after 30+ horrible years, the evidence of which can be dug out of the ground with the kick of your shoe or the pulling of a half buried article of clothes, at (one of the many) killing fields. I imagine it is like what SAI and BKK were 30+ years ago, a truly French Indochinese city on the Mekong River with brightly smiling people, bizare sights everywhere and decadant decay. To have French roast coffee and fresh bagettes with ripe brie sitting in a river side cafe after a stroll through the nearby, strange smelling, insane market is a true life experience. :D How's that for sage like? hahaha :lol: [ Edited by: Rattiki on 2004-02-05 06:59 ]

On 2004-02-04 09:14, tikifish wrote:
Wow, thanks Rattiki! I think I can get the poop from my cousin (he is editor of farangonline.com) but your advice is sage and wise.

Not sure how long we will stay in Angkor wat - will probably do the Pnom Penh - Seim Reip flight, apparently it is cheaper than just Siem Reap alone.

Sage and wise haha! :lol:

I know of your cousins publication, so you will be in the know.

I could see BKK-PNH-REP being cheaper as the direct flights to REP are a tourist rip off as the town in general is compared to the rest of Cambo. I realized after my second trip there that Seim Reap (unbeknownst to the locals) ACTUALLY means 'Welcome back to Thailand' :lol: :roll: You'll understand if you spend any time outside of REP in Cambo.

Also I whole heartedly recommend a couple of days stay in PNH if you can. Stay at the Walkabout Hotel which is a clean, cheap, ($12 a night for AC, CATV, hotwater etc.) friendly Aussie style hotel and pub with great expats full of local knowledge. It is a city on the rebuild after 30+ horrible years, the evidence of which can be dug out of the ground with the kick of your shoe or the pulling of a half buried article of clothes, at (one of the many) killing fields. I imagine it is like what SAI and BKK were 30+ years ago, a truly French Indochinese city on the Mekong River with brightly smiling people, bizare sights everywhere and decadant decay. To have French roast coffee and fresh bagettes with ripe brie sitting in a river side cafe after a stroll through the nearby, strange smelling, insane market is a true life experience. :D How's that for sage like? hahaha :lol:

[ Edited by: Rattiki on 2004-02-05 06:59 ]

Post #74538 by Rattiki on Wed, Feb 4, 2004 7:05 PM