Wednesday, January 19, 2005

CAMBODIA: Sounds Good, I want to go, give me the skinny

CAMBODIA: Sounds Good, I want to go, give me the skinny

Part One: How to get there

There are no direct flights between the UK and Cambodia, but you can go via:
Bangkok with Thai Airways (0870 606 0911)
www.thaiairways.co.uk

Singapore with Singapore Airlines (0870 608 8886)
www.singapore air.co.uk or

Kuala Lumpur with Malaysia Airlines (0870 607 9090)
www.malaysia airlines.com

Expect to pay from £650 return from London Heathrow to Phnom Penh, although some internet bargains can be found on flights to Bangkok if you are flexible on dates.
Trailfinders (020-7938 3939; www.trailfinders.co.uk) offers return flights from Heathrow to Phnom Penh via Doha in Qatar with Qatar Airways from around £600 return.

Getting between the two main cities

Express boats run daily between Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, leaving at about 7am from the new passenger terminal near the main post office. The one-way trip costs about $25 (£13).
Or a several coaches run between the two every day;
Or if there are a few of you, you can hire a car and a driver to take you the whole way for around US$45.
www.siemreap airways.com) flies several times a day from about $100 (£54). As do President Airlines.


Further information

www.tourismcambodia.com.

The Cambodian Ministry of Tourism , www.mot.gov.kh.

www.khmer440.com

and

http://darrenconquest.blogspot.com/

of course !!!

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