I live on the east coast and understand the flights leave from the west coast ... and go through Bankok ...
does it cost extra which west coast city you fly from?
can I plan it without it costing extra to chill out on the west coast for a day or two?
does it cost extra which west coast city you fly from?
can I plan it without it costing extra to chill out on the west coast for a day or two?
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Re: Flying to Cambodia
Sat, January 8, 2005 - 9:18 AMIt seems that most of the flights to Bangkok leave out of LA. I got a super cheap flight on Thai Airways LAX-BKK thru Gateway Travel in LA 1-800-883-8798. I bet if you found a cheap fare to LA from some hub on the east coast and then flew out on your cheap Thai ticket, it would be cheaper than buying a ticket from the east coast with a layover in LA. But if I were you, I would spend that extra few days in Bangkok or maybe htiitng an Island in Thailand on your way overland to Cambodia. BTW, a bus ticket from BKK to Angkor Wat costs about $3, and is a remarkable bus ride! -
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Re: Flying to Cambodia
Sat, January 8, 2005 - 10:21 AMok ... I agree with taking the extra time in South East Asia
and I adore the idea of a bus ride rather than an air ticket from Bangkok to Cambodia ... I have to get Phenom Pen where my brother lives ... I assume there's a bus ticket from Angor Wat or maybe they'll drive down and pick me up there ...
On the other hand, I don't travel much and want to meet some tribe folk on the left coast, so I was thinking I could get a layover in either or both directions for that, too ... -
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Re: Flying to Cambodia
Sat, January 8, 2005 - 3:04 PMThere are busses between Angkor Wat and PP. There are also boats that take you on the Tonle Sap to PP. I hear those boat rides are nice. I went south along the coast, so I didn't take the Tonle Sap.
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Re: Flying to Cambodia
Tue, January 11, 2005 - 3:44 AM
Do not take the tourist bus from Bangkok to Siem Reap!
It is a horrible experience...
You can do the trip on your own fater, for less money and 1000 times more pleasantly.
The bus company is EVIL.
There's another thread about that here:
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Re: Flying to Cambodia
Wed, January 12, 2005 - 9:09 AMOh Jeeeez!!
The tourist bus is not all that bad! I think people just like to band together and bitch about something, and so they have chosen this bus ride to bitch about. Granted, it was a rough ride, but tell me please, what isn't in Cambodia? To me the bus trip was the perfect introduction to Cambodia. Our trip included no delays, just a few moderate stops for bathroom and meals. We got to Siem Reap at a fairly decent hour and the bus stopped in front of a really great guest house (Skyway Guesthouse, clean, well run, friendly, a good price, all the services one would expect and more) and we were told that they would like us to check out this place but we can go other places if we want, and then they gave people directions to the guesthouses that people already knew they wanted to go to. The guys running the bus were really friendly and I got to know one of them well as he worked at the guesthouse and ended up as my driver out to the temples. He explained a bit how the bus/guesthouse thing works, different guesthouses get the bus stopping in front of thier place on different days of the week.
You can do the trip on your own. I researched it well before I left, and decided to take all the dire warnings about the bus with a grain of salt, as well I should have. The bus ride was a truley funky experience, but I saw not one hint of EVIL, or even evil with out all the caps.
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Re: Flying to Cambodia
Wed, January 12, 2005 - 5:39 PMfyi
I grew up in Pakistan riding local buses in the 60s and 70s
I don't think anything in Cambodia in this century will greatly surprise me
In pakistan the scam was pimping women, hash AND a room
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Re: Flying to Cambodia
Thu, January 13, 2005 - 7:01 AMThe bus company screws the tourists. But it's the fact they they also screw the guesthouse owners that makes them EVIL.
You've probably heard the tourist side of the story quite a few times. But, I spent months in Siem Reap and I'll try to give you the guesthouse owner's side of the story...
The guesthouse owners are on the whole very nice people who operate nice establishments at very cheap prices.
Did anyone tell you they have to pay $7 for each tourist dropped off a their hotel? For every tourist that doesn't stay at their hotel, they are losing money. For every tourist that does stay, they need to sell quite a few meals or beers before they've recooped that $7. It's terrible for them, but they don't have a choice as it's the only way to bring in business.
I'll once again highly recommend taking a public bus to the border, and then shared taxi to Siem Reap. It is faster and cheaper than the tourist bus. You'll also be supporting small businesses in Cambodia by saving your guesthouse a bunch of money.
I'm going to throw in a pitch for my favorite guesthouse in Siem Reap. Fresh Air Guesthouse has single rooms from $2 with tons of hammocks, free laundry and free weed.
Also a pitch for my favorite NGO: When you arrive in Siem Reap -- buy a book or two from the disabled people with the book carts. Angkor Assn. for the Disabled is doing great work helping amputees break out of the miserable cycle of begging on the streets.
www.geekeasy.com/travel/st...ochure.pdf
-Adam Katz
World Traveler
www.geekeasy.com
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Re: Flying to Cambodia
Tue, January 16, 2007 - 11:25 PMWhat is the cost of a super cheap ticket to cambodia? because the cheapest I can find for almost any time in 2007 is $999+ per person and that is pricey! Any suggestions for getting to Siem Reap for a month? -
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Re: Flying to Cambodia
Wed, January 17, 2007 - 7:02 AMSeattle or anywhere on the West Coast really....
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Re: Flying to Cambodia
Wed, January 17, 2007 - 8:12 AMLeah:
> because the cheapest I can find for almost any time in 2007 is $999+ per person and that is pricey! Any suggestions for getting to Siem Reap for a month?
Fly to Bangkok.
Then bus to Siem Reap.
That should save you a ton of money.
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Re: Flying to Cambodia
Thu, January 19, 2006 - 3:20 PMHey, if you're going through BKK & wanna fly to Cambodia, I'd recommend Bangkok Air. They have a deal where you set your own itinerary & fly anywhere they fly for $50-$80 per segment. For Siem Reap it's $160 roundtrip from BKK
www.bangkokair.com/spoffer/
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Re: Flying to Cambodia
Fri, January 27, 2006 - 8:11 PMCheck out this link for info on buses from Bangkok to Siem Reap:
talesofasia.com/cambodia-o...d-bkksr.htm
The site is pretty cool-lots of helpful info. Great Cambodia forum as well.
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