Visiting Cambodia

[NickDunning]

Kenneth, how much are cheap guesthouses in PP now with a proper toilet, cold shower, and semi-quiet fan PER NIGHT, please?

[Fuzzy Ken]

Phnom Penh is of course, a very large city with just about every kind of accommodation.

Prices will vary considerably from the more expensive riverside area to something cheaper out in the sticks.

The best advice I can offer is to review places on Booking.com where you will be able to get a good overview. However, I would have thought that $10 per night for a western toilet, cold shower, and quiet fan should be possible in most parts of the city. “room service” may be extra !

Hope this helps, and let me know what you discover.

Ken
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[pipoz4444]

Kenneth, how much are cheap guesthouses in PP now with a proper toilet, cold shower, and semi-quiet fan PER NIGHT, please?

It will help if you have an idea as which area you want to be in (Duan Penh or other) and even what Street you want to be close to. Say withing 500 meter walking distance from Street 172, 136 etc.

No sure if you have been to Phnom Pen before, but if you haven't.

When you do rock into the current Airport (Phnom Penh International Airport) before the new one opens, you can get a Tuk Tuk from the Airport to Duan Penh for say around $8.00 instead of a Taxi for around $16.00.

As you walk out of the Arrivals Door, just walk straight out pass the masses of people waiting through all the Taxi Seller's

Go straight (40m), through the car park to the small bus shelter on the main road. (Phot below). You can see the shelter and all the Tuk Tuks lines up in front on the main road. Try to get a PassApp Tuk Tuk.

Cheers

[Fuzzy Ken]

I use Grab extensively, both here and in Thailand.

Very easy to use through their app. They charge about $4/5 from the airport. No discussion about where you want to go, and the price is as agreed on the screen

Hope this helps
Ken

[Fuzzy Ken]

Walk Street
This new local authority venture covering a little under 2km of Preah Sisowath Quay, Phnom Penh named “Walk Street”, began 1st Feb., is developing quite well, attracting many visitors during weekend evenings, on the traffic free precinct tracing the Tonle Sap river from the Night Market to the Royal Palace. This appears to complement very nicely the existing shops, restaurants, guesthouses, hotels, coffee shops and ATMs.

I noticed while walking along the paved area, viewing the brightly coloured ships awaiting cruise customers, that the trees along the front are now thoughtfully decorated with white bulbs. Also, many more food carts, keeping busy, providing local fare along the area adjacent to the road. I should also mention that there is no shortage of seating on the river wall, for those wishing to simply watch the world go by.

A group of players entertaining onlookers with traditional Khmer musical instruments was quite popular, as was a female drummer accompanying piped music near the end of street 136.

A display of interesting photographs caught my attention, but winning the popularity stakes, an ever-enthusiastic crowd purchasing multi-flavoured ice cream cornets.

I look forward to further developments and hope that something can be done to curtail speeding cyclists, weaving in and out the old and young, enjoying a casual, pleasurable walk on the “promenade” Perhaps insisting that cyclists dismount and rollerblade users walk, would solve this problem.

It would be nice to see more cyclos on the promenade.

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[NickDunning]

Kenneth, how much are cheap guesthouses in PP now with a proper toilet, cold shower, and semi-quiet fan PER NIGHT, please?

It will help if you have an idea as which area you want to be in (Duan Penh or other) and even what Street you want to be close to. Say withing 500 meter walking distance from Street 172, 136 etc.

No sure if you have been to Phnom Pen before, but if you haven't.

When you do rock into the current Airport (Phnom Penh International Airport) before the new one opens, you can get a Tuk Tuk from the Airport to Duan Penh for say around $8.00 instead of a Taxi for around $16.00.

As you walk out of the Arrivals Door, just walk straight out pass the masses of people waiting through all the Taxi Seller's

Go straight (40m), through the car park to the small bus shelter on the main road. (Phot below). You can see the shelter and all the Tuk Tuks lines up in front on the main road. Try to get a PassApp Tuk Tuk.


PP Airport Screenshot 2025-03-10 184406.png



PP Airport 2 Screenshot 2025-03-10 185032.png



Cheers

Near(ish) the FCC, or further down the river close to the 5-star French restaurant & the original/first Thai restaurant, or at the bottom of Monivong at the junction with Mao Zedong.

[Fuzzy Ken]

Kenneth, how much are cheap guesthouses in PP now with a proper toilet, cold shower, and semi-quiet fan PER NIGHT, please?

It will help if you have an idea as which area you want to be in (Duan Penh or other) and even what Street you want to be close to. Say withing 500 meter walking distance from Street 172, 136 etc.

No sure if you have been to Phnom Pen before, but if you haven't.

When you do rock into the current Airport (Phnom Penh International Airport) before the new one opens, you can get a Tuk Tuk from the Airport to Duan Penh for say around $8.00 instead of a Taxi for around $16.00.

As you walk out of the Arrivals Door, just walk straight out pass the masses of people waiting through all the Taxi Seller's

Go straight (40m), through the car park to the small bus shelter on the main road. (Phot below). You can see the shelter and all the Tuk Tuks lines up in front on the main road. Try to get a PassApp Tuk Tuk.


PP Airport Screenshot 2025-03-10 184406.png



PP Airport 2 Screenshot 2025-03-10 185032.png



Cheers

Near(ish) the FCC, or further down the river close to the 5-star French restaurant & the original/first Thai restaurant, or at the bottom of Monivong at the junction with Mao Zedong.

The FCC closed a few years ago, and the area at the bottom end of Monivong has undergone a number of changes.

I do not know when you were last here, but the city has undergone considerable modernisation in recent years.

As said, check Booking.com and visit the city to gain first-hand knowledge of what is happening here.

Cambodia travel advice at https://fuzzykensblog.com

[NickDunning]

Thanks, Ken.

I haven't been in PP since ye olde wild west days of the early to mid 2000s when being woken up by street gunfire 23:30 - 02:30 was not uncommon. And when using off duty cops doubling up as motodups outside late night barang venues was considered dangerous.

I'm not an onliner, so firsthand is what I need.

[pipoz4444]

Some pictures from the local market

Seafood is cheap USD 10 for a Kilo of the extra large Prawns. All on ice, quiet chilled when you pick them up The same size Prawns in Thailand would cost you B 500-550 per Kilo (USD 14 -16)

Bread Rolls 3 for a UD 1

Local market is good for all your vegetables, fruit and seafood. I just wouldn't buy any meat from there

[pipoz4444]

Black Canyon Coffee Shop just down the road (next to the MaxValu Mart))

Has a good selection of food to go with the Coffee as a morning breakfast

[pipoz4444]

Night view from the Bar / Restaurant

[pipoz4444]

Kampot as sleepy little town/village, but has some limited nightlife

Reasonable 3 + Star Hotel at $35 per night

[pipoz4444]

Kampot a good quality local food Restaurant

Food prices are notably less than PP. Mostly for USD 2.00 to 4.00 and the meals are a good size