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TheDuckster
post Jul 4 2014, 10:54 PM

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QUOTE(gaeria84 @ Jul 4 2014, 12:06 PM)
Hi,

I'm visiting Cambodia end of this month. The route I will be taking is Phnom Penh - by bus - Battambang - by boat - Siem Reap.

Can anyone advise me on how's the weather like in Cambodia currently? Tonle Sap water levels good enough to take the boat?  hmm.gif
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Tonle Sap is deeper than any Malaysian river man. deepest in SEA.
and cambodia is dry. 'nuf said
TheDuckster
post Jul 5 2014, 05:08 PM

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QUOTE(gaeria84 @ Jul 5 2014, 09:27 AM)
It's not Tonle Sap I'm worried about, but the Sangker river  sweat.gif
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Sangker shouldn't be that deep. Cambodia is a dry country after all. Only Tonle Sap is something you should be afraid of.
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post Jul 5 2014, 06:11 PM

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QUOTE(gaeria84 @ Jul 5 2014, 06:05 PM)
Wadafak, how I go jalan2 like that  cry.gif
End of this month... nvm la, duwan bother you  sweat.gif
My only worry is that I won't be able to take the boat to Siem Reap from Battambang if the river water level is too low
Nope, I only go a few weeks later  sad.gif
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oops, i lost track of the season there. didn't realize it's wet season now sweat.gif things change when you are no longer there, huh?
Try to avoid all water transport during rainy seasons. Pretty extreme season there. Dry until sand everywhere by the road, and when it rains....
the photo should show. and trust me when i say the rivers roar 75% of the time when it rains
and i agree with duckhole. taxi is the best over there if u do not know how to speak their language or dun look like them. they love to chop us off. Luckily for us, i had a stepcousin who looks like a local (coz she's half Cambodian) and a stepmum who really can argue and speak their language. somewhat well-known around the tuk tuk drivers there alredi sweat.gif
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post Jul 5 2014, 06:26 PM

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QUOTE(gaeria84 @ Jul 5 2014, 06:16 PM)
Taxi cheaper than tuktuk?  shocking.gif
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look at it this way la: local taxi here, some chop tourists off, some are really honest
over there: chop = tuk tuks, honest: taxi's
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post Jul 5 2014, 08:44 PM

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QUOTE(gaeria84 @ Jul 5 2014, 06:59 PM)
Oh ok... but if short distance, taxi cheaper or tuktuk cheaper?  hmm.gif
Where indeed?  brows.gif
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depends....some tuk tuks will chop u off still coz u r a tourist, some will just charge cheap coz it's so near.
i still recommend tuk tuks tho. The taxi use US dollars for meter.
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post Jul 6 2014, 02:11 AM

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QUOTE(gaeria84 @ Jul 6 2014, 02:07 AM)
Wait, so I can bring riel also?
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tuk tuk drivers like any other taxi driver appreciate exact change.
but since u r tourist, they will probably say in USD anyways.
but just bring the riel together with u. not like it burdens ur wallet by 200%~

 

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