Fly from Kuala Lumpur to Phnom Penh ‣ Walking tour of Phnom Penh ‣ Sisowath Quay ‣ Wat Phnom ‣ Central Market ‣ Sorya shopping centre ‣ Royal Palace ‣ Evening inwards Eclipse Skybar at Phnom Penh Tower ‣ Overnight inwards Number nine Hotel
Day trip past times tuk tuk to Phnom Penh's outskirts ‣ Killing Fields ‣ Toul Sleng Genocide Museum ‣ Russian Market ‣ Evening inwards Phnom Penh nighttime market ‣ Overnight inwards Number nine Hotel
Check out from Number nine Hotel ‣ Shared minibus from Phnom Penh to Battambang ‣ Daytrip past times tuk tuk closed to Battambang ‣ Bamboo train ‣ Phnom Sampeau ‣ Phare Ponleu Selpak (Battambang circus) ‣ Overnight inwards Senghout Hotel
Check out from Senghout Hotel ‣ Angkor Express boat from Battambang to Siem Reap ‣ Sangker river ‣ Tonle Sap lake ‣ Evening inwards Pub Sreet & Angkor Night Market ‣ Overnight inwards Boutique Cambo Hotel
Day trip past times tuk tuk closed to Angkor Archaeological Park ‣ Angkor Wat ‣ Prasat Bayon ‣ Preah Khan ‣ Ta Prohm ‣ Srah Srang ‣ Banteay Kdei ‣ Overnight inwards Boutique Cambo Hotel
8.00 am - Arrival at Phnom Penh International Airport from Kuala Lumpur past times flying (Air Asia) - RM 99 (one way)
Immigration clearance
8.30 am - Walk exterior the drome to expect for transportation into the metropolis centre
Ride a motorbike taxi to hotel close Wat Botum park - $4 (negotiated downwards from $5)
Arriving inwards Phnom Penh International Airport
Arrival inwards Phnom Penh
9.00 am - Arrival & check-in to Number nine hotel - $17 per night. Staying for two nights (total cost - $34). It was comfy together with clean, nevertheless ane matter I didn't similar was that the bath I got wasn't fully enclosed. It tends to acquire rattling humid after I choose a shower
Enquired reception on transportation options to Battambang. Booked a one-way ticket for the Golden Bayon Express minibus to Battambang - $13 (inclusive of pickup from hotel)
Wanted to choose Earth motorbus initially, but changed my heed after hearing enough of bad experiences alongside them
Settling inwards to my room inwards Number nine hotel, Phnom Penh
Around Sisowath Quay
9.30 am - Walk to Sisowath Quay which is nigh 500m from the hotel
Photo halt at surrounding areas close the Royal Palace, which was closed at the time. Was told that in that location was a ceremony taking identify together with it volition reopen at two pm. Decided to come upwards dorsum ane time again afterward inwards the afternoon
10.30 am - Quick photograph halt at Wat Ounalom
Royal Palace, Phnom Penh
The Mekong river, seen from Sisowath Quay
Walking closed to Sisowath Quay
View of Wat Ounalom from the outside
Wat Phnom
Quick photograph halt at Kingdom of Cambodia Post Office onroute to Wat Phnom
11.00 am - Arrive at Wat Phnom together with paid the entrance ticket - $1
Not much to run across here, but the beautifully landscaped environs brand for enough of photograph opportunities
Cambodia Post Office. Stumbled upon this identify piece finding my agency to Wat Phnom
Wat Phnom entrance
Landscaped gardens close Wat Phnom
Central Market & Sorya Shopping Centre
12.30 pm - Stopped for luncheon at Central Market - Central Khmer krom beef stew noodle (4,000 riel)
Did a fighting of shopping inwards the market. Didn't actually purchase much every bit I was told you lot could acquire ameliorate prices at Russian market
1.30 pm - Walk to Sorya shopping centre. If you lot frequent shopping malls a lot, Sorya doesn't seem to offering much but create depository fiscal establishment annotation that you lot tin choose the nurture to the highest floor, where you lot tin gain access to the rooftop expanse overlooking the city
2.30 pm - Ride motorbike taxi dorsum to hotel - $2
Central Market, Phnom Penh
Inside Central Market
Sorya shopping centre is located only reverse the Central Market
View of Phnom Penh from the rooftop expanse atop Sorya shopping centre
Royal Palace
3.00 pm - Quick shower at the hotel
3.30 pm - Walk to Royal Palace entrance gate (only 500m from the hotel) together with paid entrance ticket - $6.25
There's a wearing clothing code to adhere earlier entering, so brand certain you lot wearing clothing appropriately (wear attire that covers your shoulders together with knees)
Photo op inwards the surrounding areas for nigh two hours
Inside the Royal Palace
Eclipse Skybar at Phnom Penh Tower
5.30 pm - Back to hotel to balance for a bit
6.30 pm - Ride tuk-tuk to Phnom Penh Tower - $4 (a motorbike taxi would've costed less but it was drizzling at the time, hence decided to choose a tuk-tuk instead)
6.45 pm - Took nurture upwards to Eclipse Skybar. The rooftop bar was closed at the time, but the views from the indoor expanse were no less impressive
Refreshments - Beer ($3)
8.00 pm - Walk dorsum to hotel. Stopped for dinner at a roadside stall along the way
Dinner - Central Khmer vogue fried rice/bai cha (4,000 riel) together with barbequed pork & papaya salad (10,000 riel)
Photo halt at Independence Monument earlier going dorsum to hotel
View of Phnom Penh at nighttime from Eclipse Skybar
Another persuasion of Phnom Penh from the skybar
Independence Monument at night. Took this shot piece making my agency dorsum to the hotel
7.00 am - Wake upwards together with breakfast at a nearby shop
Breakfast - Sandwiches & java (5,000 riel)
Plan to see these places today:
Choeung Ek Genocidal Center (Killing Fields)
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (S-21)
Tuol Tom Poung Market (Russian Market)
Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre (Killing Fields)
8.00 am - Looked for transportation close my hotel. Met a tuk-tuk driver together with showed him my itinerary. He offered to choose me to these places for a minor fee. Agreed toll - $10 (bargained downwards from $15)
Advisable to wearable a confront mask every bit the route going in that location is pretty dusty
9.00 am - Arrive at Choeung Ek Genocidal Center. Paid the entrance fee - $5 (inclusive of good guide)
My sense so far has been pretty humbling. Given the silence of the place, it's difficult to imagine that so many atrocities receive got been committed here
Audio guides are provided if you lot desire to larn to a greater extent than nigh the killing fields. H5N1 fighting of alert though, some of the good entries tin live quite depressing
The killing tree
Tuol Tom Poung Market (Russian Market)
11.30 am - Ride tuk-tuk to the Russian Market for luncheon together with shopping
Lunch at a stall within the marketplace position - Banh xeo (5,000 riel)
Bought some souvenirs to choose dorsum home. This included a few kramas for role later
Walked closed to the marketplace position together with bought some refreshments from a mobile java kiosk - Iced java (1,500 riel)
Inside the Russian Market
Getting my caffeine ready from a mobile java kiosk, only exterior the Russian Market. This seems to live a pop franchise hither inwards Cambodia
Walked closed to the museum, alongside photograph stops at fundamental points of interest. Keep inwards heed that some of the displays are pretty graphic together with is non for the squeamish
4.30 pm - Back to hotel. Told the driver to drib me off at Wat Botum Park together with gave him a little tip - $2
Entrance to Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
Inside Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
Wat Botum Park & Independence Monument
5.00 pm - Stroll closed to inwards Wat Botum Park together with photograph halt at Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument
Walk to Independence Monument (under 10 minutes from Wat Botum Park). Photo op for xxx minutes
Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument inwards Wat Botum park
Taking an afternoon stroll closed to Wat Botum park
Around Sisowath Quay at night
6.30 pm - Return dorsum to hotel to relax earlier heading out again. Borrowed an umbrella from reception every bit it was drizzling
8.00 pm - Walk closed to Sisowath Quay together with Royal Palace. These places are pleasantly lit, providing enough of photograph opportunities
For those who desire a fighting of nightlife, the riverfront expanse along Sisowath Quay has enough of restaurants together with bars which opened upwards at night
9.30 pm - Walked closed to together with had dinner at the nighttime marketplace position along Street 108
Getting from Phnom Penh to Battambang past times minibus
6.00 am - Wake upwards together with breakfast at a store nearby
Breakfast - Sandwiches & java (5,000 riel)
Pack upwards together with check-out from hotel
8.00 am - Hotel pick-up to Golden Bayon Express office
8.30 am - Depart Phnom Penh for Battambang (via National Road No. 5)
12.00 pm - Stopover for luncheon at Pursat
Lunch - Fish amok & vegetables alongside rice (8,000 riel)
Golden Bayon Express office, where I waited for the minivan which volition choose me to Battambang
Phnom Penh to Battambang past times minivan takes roughly v hours, enough of fourth dimension for some lite reading
Somewhere along National Road No. 5
Arrival inwards Battambang
1.30 pm - Arrive inwards Battambang. Upon arrival there, in that location were enough of tuk-tuk drivers waiting to offering their services. Some fifty-fifty offered gratis rides to your hotel of choice, inwards telephone substitution for you lot agreeing to choose upwards twenty-four sixty minutes menstruation trips alongside them afterward on
A friendly tuk-tuk driver offered me a gratis ride to my hotel, which I gladly accepted
1.45 pm - Check-in to Senghout Hotel - $17 per nighttime (staying for 1 night)
I besides booked from hotel reception: a ticket for the Angkor Express boat departing at seven am for Siem Reap - $20
Asked the tuk-tuk driver to hold off for me piece I stored my luggage inwards my room
A quick glance at my room inwards Senghout Hotel. This was the nicest hotel I could respect within my budget inwards Battambang
View of Battambang from Senghout Hotel
Around Battambang
Asked the tuk-tuk driver to quote me for a twenty-four sixty minutes menstruation trip closed to Battambang. Agreed toll - $15 (negotiated downwards from $20)
2.10 pm - Stopped past times at Kinyei cafe nearby for some coffee. There were enough of skillful reviews nigh this place, so I idea I'd give it a try
Coffee - Macchiato ($1.50)
2.30 pm - Quick tour of Battambang. Visited the next points of interest:
Naga statue. An interesting sculpture set together from weapon parts
Old rock yoke (Thmor Chas)
Governor's palace
Ta Dumbong statue. My tuktuk driver shared alongside me his version of the tale of Ta Dumbong. Legend has it in that location was ane time a human being who had a magic stick, given to him past times a divine. One day, he used the magic stick to stir rice inwards a goblet, together with turned dark ane time he ate it. He angrily threw the stick away together with Battambang came to live where the stick landed
Old Stone Bridge inwards Battambang
Ta Dumbong statue
Bamboo Train
3.00 pm - Ride tuk-tuk to starting indicate of Battambang bamboo train. Upon arrival there, you lot volition live greeted past times a tourist police describe who volition guide you lot through the ropes together with collect payment from you lot if you lot wishing to ride the bamboo train
Ride bamboo develop to the hamlet on the other destination of the tracks (under xxx minutes) - $10
It ordinarily costs $5 per soul if you lot come upwards inwards a group, nevertheless I had to pay $10 since I came alone
Occasionally, you lot receive got to acquire off piece your bamboo develop is disassembled together with taken off the rails momentarily to give agency to oncoming bamboo trains. There seems to live a dominion to this, it all depends on how many passengers in that location are on each bamboo train. The ane alongside lesser passengers volition receive got to give agency (in my case, that meant enough of stops together with getting off for me :D)
3.30 pm - Arrival at the village. Walked closed to the identify for a bit. Although I did bump into the occasional pushy lot who are trying to peddle their wares, the hamlet folk were to a greater extent than oftentimes than non rattling friendly
4.00 pm - Ride bamboo develop dorsum to starting indicate (under xxx minutes). Tipped the driver earlier getting off - $2
Battambang's bamboo train
The hamlet at the other destination of the track. Here, you lot volition live pestered to no destination past times adorable trivial kids
Phnom Sampeau
4.30 pm - Ride tuk-tuk to Phnom Sampeau
5.00 pm - Upon arrival there, my tuk-tuk driver introduced me to a guide who offered to choose me upwards the loma on his motorbike for a minor fee. Agreed toll - $4 (inclusive of the $3 entrance fee, which I idea was a pretty skillful deal)
Ride motorbike to the top of the loma (under 10 minutes). The persuasion from the top is breathtaking, particularly during sunset
Visited several points of interest, which included the killing caves together with the monastery located on top of the hill
6.00 pm - Ride motorbike dorsum down. Tipped the guide every bit a give thank you lot you for his services - $1
Walk to a nearby cave (under v minutes) to lookout adult man thousands of bats flying out inwards search of food. There seemed to be no fixed fourth dimension for this (I waited closed to fifteen minutes earlier my viewing), nevertheless your best bet would live closed to 6-7pm
6.20 pm - Met upwards alongside my tuk-tuk driver together with ride out to a nearby rice acre past times the roadside to lookout adult man streams of flying bats forming serpent-like patterns inwards the sky
The persuasion from the top of Phnom Sampeau
The pagodas atop Phnom Sampeau
Watching bats wing out past times the thousands at dusk
Phare Ponleu Selpak
6.30 pm - Ride tuk-tuk to Phare Ponleu Selpak, a well-known circus inwards Battambang, performed past times immature adults only on Mondays together with Thursdays
7.00 pm - Arrival at the entrance. Went to the ticketing counter together with bought a ticket for the seven pm demo - $10
Fortunately, the demo started a fighting piece of cake that evening, so I was able to choose grip of the total show. Do come upwards early on if you lot desire to acquire front end row seats though, every bit it was pretty packed past times the fourth dimension I came
If you lot plough over to girlfriend it, another alternative is Phare, The Cambodian Circus inwards Siem Reap (an off-shoot of Phare Ponleu Selpak) which has shows at 8pm daily
Phare Ponleu Selpak. The best seats were already taken past times the fourth dimension I got there. Come early on to avoid disappointment.
Great acrobatics functioning past times immature together with talented Cambodians
Back to Battambang
8.00 pm - Ride tuk-tuk dorsum to hotel. Gave a generous tip to the driver together with thanked him for his services - $10
Quick shower together with relaxed for a fighting earlier heading out again
9.00 pm - Walk to Street 121 (Battambang Pub Street) for dinner. There isn't much nightlife to live found here, every bit most establishments inwards Battambang closed early
Getting from Battambang to Siem Reap past times boat
6.00 am - Wake up, pack upwards together with hotel check-out
Ride motorbike taxi (arranged past times hotel) to the jetty (located N of town) - $5
7.00 am - Arrival at the jetty. The boat departed a fighting afterward that twenty-four sixty minutes menstruation every bit the operator was waiting for to a greater extent than passengers to arrive
7.45 am - Ride Angkor Express boat from Battambang to Siem Reap
The journeying along the Sangker river tin live described every bit rattling scenic, from vast plains to floating villages to an immense lake (the largest inwards Southeast Asia), all of which provide enough of photograph opportunities. The occasional sightings of children waving and rural folk going nigh their daily lives made the trip all that much to a greater extent than memorable
Be prepared for a rattling long twenty-four sixty minutes menstruation though, every bit the journeying itself takes 8-10 hours. If you're non into excruciatingly dull boat rides, choose the motorbus instead (only 3-4 hours, costs nigh $7)
12.00 pm - Stopover for luncheon on a floating shop
Lunch - Mixed rice (12,000 riel)
Taking the Angkor Express from Battambang to Siem Reap. 'Express' is a gross overstatement though, live prepared for a actually long together with tiring boat ride
Views along the Sangker river. The occasional sight of children waving at you lot from afar made my sense a much to a greater extent than memorable one
Tonle Sap, the largest freshwater lake inwards Southeast Asia
Arrival at Siem Reap
2.30 pm - Arrival at Siem Reap jetty. Plenty of tuk-tuk drivers waiting there, so transportation to Siem Reap isn't an issue
Ride tuk-tuk to hotel inwards Siem Reap - $7 (negotiated downwards from $8)
Upon arrival at the hotel, I made an scheme alongside the tuk-tuk driver for a twenty-four sixty minutes menstruation trip at Angkor Wat the side past times side day. Agreed toll - $20 (negotiated downwards from $25)
3.00 pm - Check-in to Boutique Cambo Hotel - $19 per night. Staying for two nights (total cost - $38)
Had a quick shower together with a nap earlier heading out again
Arriving inwards Siem Reap jetty
Riding the tuk-tuk to Siem Reap. Some tuk-tuk drivers volition choose you lot for a lower toll provided you lot grip to choose upwards their services afterward on
Checking inwards to my room inwards Boutique Cambo Hotel. After a long together with exhausting day, finally!
Pub Street
6.00 pm - Ride tuk-tuk to Pub Street (free of charge, provided past times hotel)
6.15 pm - Arrive at Pub Street. Walked closed to the expanse for a fighting to survey nutrient together with shopping options
7.00 pm - Had dinner at Temple Bar (has gratis Apsara shows daily starting 7.30pm)
7.00 am - Wake upwards together with breakfast at the hotel
8.00 am - Ride tuk-tuk to the entrance to Angkor Wat (under 20 minutes)
Got off my tuk-tuk together with lined upwards at the ticketing booth to choose a photograph for my Angkor pass. There wasn't much of a queue, so I got it inwards nether 10 minutes. Bought the 1 twenty-four sixty minutes menstruation Angkor top - $20
Updated inwards Feb 2017: A 1 twenty-four sixty minutes menstruation top right away costs $37 (up from $20), whereas a three days top costs $67 (up from $40). Always behave your Angkor top alongside you lot together with brand certain you lot don't lose it, every bit they volition cheque at every temple
9.00 am - Arrival together with photograph halt at Angkor Wat
Plenty of photograph opportunities nowadays here, such every bit the temple moat inwards front end of Angkor Wat. You tin besides climb the stairs upwards to the top of Angkor Wat to acquire a bird's oculus persuasion of the temple surroundings
The ticketing booth at the entrance of Angkor Wat
Cycling is a bang-up agency to acquire closed to Angkor at your ain pace
Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument inwards the world
Angkor Thom & Prasat Bayon
11.30 am - Ride tuk-tuk to Angkor Thom (via due south gate)
Quick photograph halt at the due south gate earlier entering Angkor Thom
12.00 pm - Arrival together with photograph halt at Prasat Bayon
Prasat Bayon is fairly little together with tin live explored inwards nether an hour. Most tourists come upwards hither only to pose alongside the faces together with then motion on to the outlying temples such every bit Baphuon & Leper King Terrace
Angkor Thom's southern gate
Prasat Bayon, the temple of many faces
Preah Khan
1.15 pm - Ride tuk-tuk from Prasat Bayon to Preah Khan (via N gate)
1.30 pm - Arrival together with photograph halt at Preah Khan
Preah Khan is ane of Angkor's hidden gems, every bit it is oftentimes off the common tourist route. H5N1 vast baray (with Neak Pean at its center) opens upwards at the other destination of this temple
2.30 pm - Lunch at a nearby store exterior the temple
Lunch - Khmer-style saltation rolls (6,000 riel)
Preah Khan, ane of Angkor's hidden gems
A vast baray at the reverse destination of Preah Khan. If you lot receive got actually skillful eyesight, you lot could belike spot Neak Pean from here
Ta Prohm
2.45 pm - Ride tuk-tuk dorsum to Angkor Thom (via N gate), together with and then onwards to Ta Prohm (via eastward gate)
3.00 pm - Arrival together with photograph halt at Ta Prohm
Owing its fame to a cinema nigh tomb raiding, it's oftentimes said that no trip to Angkor would live consummate without a see to this temple
Ta Prohm, of Tomb Raider fame
Trees growing out of the ruins are Ta Prohm's biggest attraction
Fly from Kuala Lumpur to Phnom Penh ‣
Walking tour of Phnom Penh ‣
Sisowath Quay ‣
Evening inwards Eclipse Skybar at Phnom Penh Tower ‣
Overnight inwards Number nine Hotel
Day trip past times tuk tuk to Phnom Penh's outskirts ‣
Russian Market ‣
Angkor Express boat from Battambang to Siem Reap ‣
