Getting There
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April 20, 2006
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by giorgio
By air
Edit ThisThai International, Bangkor Airways and Air Asia fly to Phnom Penh from Bangkok; Malaysia Airlines and Air Asia from Kuala Lumpur; Vietnam Airlines from Hanoi via stopover in Vientiane/Lao PDR and Ho Chi Minh City. Silkair and Jetstar Asia from Singapore; Lao Airlines from Vientiane, DRAGONAIR from Hong Kong, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines from Soeul, Shanghai Airlines from Shanghai, and China Southern Airlines from Beijing and Guangzhou.
Eva Air is coming in daily from Taiwan.
There are also flights by Bangkok Air to Siem Reap.
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By rail/road:
Edit ThisFrom Phnom Penh
Taxi: Departure flexible; 4-4 ½ hrs journey time $45-$50 Up to 4 passengers (price variable & negotiable)
Buses: Mekong Express and Hong Rong Kheang at the best on this route. Both are air conditioned with on board clean WCs and are well driven: cost $6 Hong Rong Kheang $9 Mekong Exp (with light meal and drink) Buses depart from near Phnom Penh Port 7:30 a t 12pm They take 5 ½ hours to the Siem Reap Bus station 3 kms east of town.Overland more..
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By boat
Edit ThisSea The port of Phnom Penh can be reached via the Mekong delta through Vietnam. A new ocean port has been built at Sihanoukville
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By bus
Edit ThisThe TAT offices in Bangkok will organise your journey to Siem Riep. The first part, by air-con mini-bus takes you to the Thai side of the border and is relatively pain-free.
On the Cambodian side of the border (Poipet) you pick up a slightly less luxurious bus to Siem Riep, but the journey is not for the faint hearted. It takes anything from 5 to 9 hours depending on the weather as no part of the journey is on a sealed road. Some parts of the roads have holes deeper than the bus, but its character building!
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