Is Cambodia expensive to travel? I want to give some advice to my friends who want to go to Cambodia. Fly directly when you get the discount ticket! You don't need to think about it that long. If time is not enough, stay in Siem Reap to see Angkor Wat, go to Bar Street, set up a Spa, find a coffee shop to drink coffee all afternoon, read a good book and enjoy the slow pace of Angkor Wat. The cost here is very small. You can stay in a good hotel for 200 RMB, and you can eat a big meal for 6 USD per person. Only a little money is needed when the fruit is full. Therefore, when there is a discount on air tickets, it is very convenient to fly to Angkor and get a visa on arrival. Angkor wat has been waiting for you for thousands of years. If you come, you will find everything worthwhile.
I wanted to go to Cambodia a long time ago, so when Vera asked me if I wanted to go to Angkor for the weekend, I said, OK! Our travel plans have been decided happily.
On Thursday night, we flew directly from Shanghai to Siem Reap. The plane was two hours late. When we arrived in Siem Reap, it was already 23 o'clock at night. When I was getting ready for bed, Vera was still listening to Jiang Xun explain the beauty of Angkor. What a serious girl!
When I got up in the morning, I found that the swimming pool in the hotel was super big, and there were two more. I checked when I made the reservation and found that the price of the room was less than 150 RMB. After breakfast, I set out for the Great Angkor Wat to see the smiles of Khmer people. Specifically introduced in the last article "Cambodia: Khmer Smile".
When I mention Angkor Wat, I will think of the movie "In the Mood for Love", where Tony Leung Chiu Wai tells his heart to a tree hole. All her worries are about you, and having you is the destination of love. If I had an extra ticket, would you go with me?
In the dark stone corridor of Angkor Wat, the warm sunshine came in in the afternoon, mixed with cool breeze. I shouted in my heart, "If I have an extra ticket, would you like to go with me?"
All my feelings melted in this sentence and stayed in the tree hole in Angkor Wat.
After lunch, we left for a Thai-Cambodian border town in Battambang province. It is said that a Korean opened a casino in a small town, which funded our travel expenses except air tickets, in order to develop China tourists.
Starting from Siem Reap, taking a bus for four hours and listening to a Chinese tour guide on the way probably illustrates the current situation in Cambodia.
Cambodia has three expensive things: expensive medical care, expensive gasoline and expensive electricity.
It is said that if they are sick, it will cost about 500 yuan RMB to go to the hospital and register. Cambodia's per capita monthly income is only 800 RMB a month, and registration alone accounts for two-thirds of their income, not to mention the treatment.
Gasoline is expensive, so the bus routes of their travel companies are fixed, and how much oil is used every day is recorded. It seems that their gasoline is about 9 yuan/liter.
Electricity is expensive, and there are basically no street lights at night. Suddenly I feel so happy living in China and new socialist China.
Halfway through the car, the air conditioner broke down. So, we are waiting to repair the car at a service station. In Cambodia in early August, the temperature was similar to that in Shanghai, about 35 degrees. We ordered a one-dollar iced coconut, which was unexpectedly sweet. As I was born in Hainan, I found that coconuts in Southeast Asia are indeed sweeter than coconuts in Hainan.
The first wait was two hours. In these two hours, we enjoyed the pastoral scenery of the service station and tasted various drinks, and found that the freshly squeezed juice was super good. For me, this kind of waiting is also worthwhile.
Finally, I changed to an air-conditioned bus and drove to the border town at 6 pm. When I came to the casino where I stayed, I found that the facilities in the casino were really backward, and there were many game machines, many of which were seen in China when I was a child. It's long gone now.
After checking in, I found that the hotel didn't even have an elevator, and the room was really bad. In China in the 1990s, TV was still a small brick TV with yellow sheets and fluffy bath towels. This kind of accommodation environment is to play or suffer.
It is said that this experience tour is the first trip, and I believe it will never be done, because this condition is really not available, so let China customers pay the bill.
The next morning, when we were going to cross the border to the market in Thailand, we were told that there was no good communication and we couldn't get through, so we had to cancel.
We looked at this small town that we could see at a glance, and it was estimated that it would be finished in a quarter of an hour. We sat on the sofa in a daze and didn't know what to do.
Finally, the tour guide decided to invite us to Battambang for lunch to apologize.
Two hours later, we came to the center of Battambang and had an authentic Cambodian meal. Cambodian food is a little salty than Chinese food, but it is still delicious. I heard that because Cambodia is relatively poor, there are few dishes on the table, so with more salt, you can eat more rice and less vegetables, and the whole family can eat enough.
Cambodian rice is the famous jasmine fragrant rice, which tastes good. There are 70 countries in the world that import Cambodian rice.
It is said that Battambang province is the second largest city in Cambodia, where overseas Chinese live in compact communities. Overseas Chinese account for 3% of Cambodia's population, but control 70% of Cambodia's wealth, so Battambang Province is a very rich place in Cambodia.
Battambang is a French colony. There are many colonial French buildings in the city, with the shadow of phoenix trees on the roadside and foreigners drinking coffee in street cafes. These are all like pictures in old movies, gorgeous and ridiculous.
Baima Temple We strolled along the road to a small temple in Baima Temple. Why are temples in Southeast Asia so similar? I took two photos casually and walked around the small temple, and we came out depressed.
Vera used her powerful actions to find the most local Spa among online celebrities. Vera and I each spent $65,438+00 and enjoyed a wonderful Cambodian massage for one hour. The other three companions waited for us to have tea at the spa. Because we have to get back to the border town within the specified time. Otherwise, we want to experience all the Spa projects for 240 minutes, and we haven't played enough. This is the disadvantage of joining a group. When you meet a favorite project, you can't enjoy yourself.
After returning to the town for dinner, the five of us started the treasure exploration mode. Vera and I exchanged 100 yuan with the tour guide for 40,000 yuan, and we decided to spend it.
We opened a durian 13000 riel. I have never eaten such delicious durian, and I have never felt the taste of durian. Mangosteen is big and sweet, which is equivalent to RMB 5 cents each. You are full.
Seeing a little brother who bought a roast suckling pig, he smiled brightly. We bought 20,000 pieces of Riel's roast suckling pig meat to take a photo with him. He smiled shyly when he knew that we were going to take a photo with him. At that time, I felt that although this place was backward, the smile on everyone's face was so simple and zero pollution. We ordered a grilled shrimp in a snack bar, which cost not only all our riels, but also Wang Xiaoge 13000 riels. Eat until you are full, then go to the hotel.
We found the only thai massage store in town, and we were not satisfied in the afternoon. We decided to come to the Thai Spa again. After the massage, we finally went back to the hotel to sleep contentedly.
After breakfast, I woke up and returned to Siem Reap. After a four-hour journey, I went to a China restaurant for dinner.
Outside China restaurant, there are many children begging. All the children look short and thin. I gave them the drumsticks at the dinner table, and when I watched them hold them in my hands, I swallowed, reluctant to eat, and my heart was sour.
It is said that Cambodia is 20 years behind Vietnam. In Southeast Asia 10 countries, Laos is the second poorest Southeast Asian country. I hope Cambodia can develop its economy, children can have enough food, and it is best to have books to read.
Two hours after dinner, I played little Angkor again. The last half day is free time. We immediately called the largest duty-free shopping mall in Siem Reap and asked them to arrange a kuku car to pick us up and buy it at buy buy.
The duty-free shopping mall is offering a 50% discount for the whole journey. When they arrived at the duty-free shop, they all heard Chinese. It is estimated that 80% of duty-free shops are China people's shopping spree. After we buy it, let the shopping mall arrange a kuku car to take us directly to Foreigner Street.
After visiting the restaurant that Beckham has been to, we decided to eat in the restaurant that Beckham has been to. It is said that in Siem Reap, you can get a sumptuous meal for 6 dollars per person, and the four of us spent 17 dollars per person on this meal. During dinner, we asked the hotel to arrange a Cambodian-style Spa for one hour. After dinner, Vera and I went to the hot spring, and they continued shopping.
After the Spa, we went to the airport, and the trip to Siem Reap was over. Vera said that if she didn't have a good time and wanted to come again, she would spend the whole day in Angkor, watching rocks, visiting bars and streets to eat delicious food, doing a Spa and enjoying a slow life.