Welcome to Cambodia so you're ready to take the trip of a lifetime but before
you go here are the things you must know before traveling here including visas,
safety, and accommodation. Let's go! We took a connecting flight on Air Asia
through Phuket Airport- it was less than $50 before traveling here be sure to get
a visa you can either get one online or at the airport and it's $36 for US
citizens. We're in Siem Reap and it's really nice there's two lounges with these
beautiful gardens. This is Starbucks in Cambodia
this is the first Starbucks in Siem Reap.
So here's a Cambodian fun fact: this is the third country I've been to that has
no McDonald's. Iceland in Cuba also no McDonald's. But they do have Starbucks
here it's at the airport. This is the lounge in Cambodia I just got Angkor beer it's
really nice in here very luxurious. From the airport we take a taxi to our hotel
let's talk about accommodation I'm staying here at the Le Meridien hotel
which is a French hotel chain. This is my view it's pretty nice and central. Very
close to the temples it's a hundred in about 115 dollars per night I have two
beds here at plus a large sofa so I could stay with three people and split
it and it would be very inexpensive. I do see some kind of backpacker types
staying here I think they may be doing just that and the hotel comes with a
very nice restaurant there's also a spa beautiful pool there's concierge
services and they hope you walk up with the tours and the guides for Angkor Wat
which is very important because you want to have a guide and I was over a really
nice bathroom which is important and just really clean hardwood floors I
definitely as a well-known tourist hub seam reap has many different types of
accommodations to suit many different types of travelers if you're looking for
something more of the four or five-star range definitely check out the Le Meridien
this is where we stayed it's very beautiful and very close to the temples
if you're looking to save a little bit of money try the Angkor bungalow hotels
which are also really beautiful and come with a pool they come highly recommended
from other travelers if you're looking to stay at more of a
hostel type hotel try it the naga Hotel which is about 15 US dollars a
night and is also very clean and comes recommended from other travelers. Now for
dress code to get into the temples you're going to need to cover your
shoulders and up to your knees you can buy many of the outfits in Cambodia for
roughly $4 for pants and $2 for shirts also bring running or walking shoes the
Cambodian Riel is the currency and cash is king here so be sure to go to the ATM
another thing is check out your US State Department site to see any travel
advisories before going there they will tell you all the safety precautions
including the malaria precautions in order to prevent this it's very
important to bring bug spray to make sure you don't get bitten by mosquitoes
the smart way to travel is with travel insurance so be sure to check out world
nomads comm link in the description below they'll give you a quote right
online for travel insurance so if you're gonna be staying in Cambodia for a while
be sure to check that out and with that you're ready for a trip of
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