Visiting Cambodia

[pipoz4444]

Thanks for the info.
In my experience, the authorities here in Cambodia, unlike some places I know, avoid “making a mountain out of a molehill” I look forward to hearing more about your visa and bank account experiences.
Good luck, Fuzzyken

Hi FK

Was in Phnom Penh for four days and then spent another four days up in Siem Reap.

Taxi drive from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap was quiet pleasant, took four & a bit hours. Road was good, plenty of facilities along the way. Took a Taxi, it was a Prius (no surprise as there are million of them in PP.). The total travel cost to be driven up to SP from PP was USD $ 70. Hotel in Siem Reap was excellent and great location, "Blanc Smith Residence".

Also ended up taking out a Lease on an Apartment over in Khan Chroy Changvar. Good value, good view, nice facilities. Overall the Chroy Changvar area has just about all that you want / need, from a BLACK CANYON Coffee shop with great menu, to a STARBUCKS, MAKRO, MAX VALU, all the main BANKS and a host of other places.

Very easy to access Duan Penh across the bridge from the Chroy Changvar area and the Chroy Changvar area is much easier to navigate around on a motor bike or in a Tuk Tuk.

pipoz444

[Fuzzy Ken]

6 Sept.24: Just for interest: 21 years ago, during my first visit to Phnom Penh, I recall looking across the Tonle Sap one evening, and wondered what the future held for what appeared to be a somewhat dark and deserted outpost.

Visitors nowadays to Phnom Penh can see for themselves, an impressive skyline stretching from the Sokha Hotel in the south, which opened in 2015, to the north, with an endless panorama of business developments and towering condominiums. Evidence enough, that the Changvar peninsular has come alive. Inevitably though, this fast-developing area requires improved access.

Commuters delayed daily during rush hours, are looking forward to a new bridge, but with work not scheduled to begin until mid-2025, patience will be required during the five-year construction period. This bridge will stretch from the Night Market area to Chroy Changvar, with a further bridge across the Mekong to Akrey Ksatr.

My article in our Phnom Penh Guide at https://fuzzykensblog.com has more information about this “extension to the established city” and the many tourist attractions on the peninsular.

[pipoz4444]

Hi FK

Yes the skyline of Phnom Penh is much more impressive than when I first visited PP in late 2019, with an ever growing development of new condominiums. Not at the rate of Bangkok, which I think is a good thing.

Likewise the Chroy Changvar area has changed sinec 2019 and this too you can notice with the quality and price of the new Condo developments in the area and the of new small businesses that are starting up. (Cafes, Coffee Shop and even a few Restaurants).

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As for travel across the Chroy Changvar Bridge back to the mainland, I didn't come across to much congestion during the day or night and I must have crossed over it a dozen times. I suppose that as the Chroy Changvar area develops there will be less need for some of the the people living in the Chroy Changvar area to travel across it, back to Duan Penh. That is not to say that a new bridge, stretching from the Night Market area to Chroy Changvar across the Mekong to Akrey Ksatr, would not be highly appreciated. Still we will wait for it to happen.

Cheers

pipoz4444