Cambodia

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Hi all

Will be heading to Cambodia next month for 4 weeks.

Just wondering, is the easiest thing to bring a large backpack, rather than a big suitcase? Will be travelling around to different areas.

cdeb

For four weeks, you want something accessible. A backpack that only opens from the top can be a pain to work out of. If it opens from the side, I'd go with that. Easier to carry than a suitcase.

That's how I'd see it anyway

Lyle Lanley

A small backpack is what you want. Leave two thirds of what you're planning to take.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Bringing a small backpack (school bag size) with me as my carry on, and I can use that as my day pack also.

Any recommendations on a good large backpack, with side openings?

conor_ie

I had a Vango bag when I was out that way a couple of years back.. Side opening and you could also carry it on your back. I think it was the 50 litre one!

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Thanks

Any tips for traveling Cambodia solo?

Steve012

Curb Your Enthusiasm wrote: »

Thanks

Any tips for traveling Cambodia solo?

Be safe and don't get eaten Son in the Kingdom of Kampuchea!

Clippett

If you plan on travelling around by bus then "Giant Ibis" are the best company to travel with by far!

Pack lightly as you can get laundry done for about $1USD a kilo.

If you plan on doing Angkor Wat and the temples make sure to take on plenty of water before and during as you're gonna sweat like never before!!

Have fun it's awesome

Clippett

Also Maybank offer free ATM withdrawals to EU Visa cards. It's about a $5USD fee per withdrawal elsewhere.

keane2097

Clippett wrote: »

Pack lightly as you can get laundry done for about $1USD a kilo.

Just to emphasize this, laundry is for nothing and you'll have your stuff back to you in a few hours so pack light and get your stuff washed as you need it.

stratowide

keane2097 wrote: »

Just to emphasize this, laundry is for nothing and you'll have your stuff back to you in a few hours so pack light and get your stuff washed as you need it.

Sound advice this.I travelled with a 32L back pack all over SE asia.No need for anything bigger really.You can buy all you need out there and get your laundry done cheaply.

The upside of this too is you can have your bag with you at all times,on planes,buses,trains.Cambodia isn't a place to be looking for "missing" luggage.

I can still see the young Germans in Ho Chi Minh city struggling to get on a bus with what looked like ATM machines on their backs..!

cooperguy

I would recommend a medium sized backpack. It would be very awkward with rolling suitcases over there. (Also you can do a quad biking trip from Siem Reap into the countryside for the day. I highly recommend it!)

Curb Your Enthusiasm

cooperguy wrote: »

I would recommend a medium sized backpack. It would be very awkward with rolling suitcases over there. (Also you can do a quad biking trip from Siem Reap into the countryside for the day. I highly recommend it!)

Yes I purchased a nice Lowe Alpine backpack for the trip.

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Is it better to book accommodation all beforehand and have a set plan, or book as I go?

Clippett

Curb Your Enthusiasm wrote: »

Is it better to book accommodation all beforehand and have a set plan, or book as I go?

We just booked our first couple of nights accommodation so that we had a base when we got there. After that just booked as we went. This was good for us we decided to extend our stay in Siem Reap and meant that we could do as we pleased and not be tied down to a strict plan.

There is plenty of very reasonably priced accomodation and using booking.com or agoda.com even the day before you plan to stay you will find loads of places.

It's really a case of each to their own.