How Many Days?

[Sharkbait]

We have 18 nights to spend in Cambodia. Any recommendations for adding or
deleting days off the following itinerary:

Enter Siem Reap - 5 nights

Phnom Penh - 3 nights

Sihanoukville - 4 nights

Kampot - 3 nights

Kep - 3 nights

Exit - Kep-Phnom Penh-Ho Chi Minh on 19th day.

The only change I've considered making is one less night in Phnom Penh and
maybe one more night in Sihanoukville. We've never been to any of these
places, so it's hard to say how much time any of these places are worth.
Thanks in advance.

rg

[Chris Blunt]

On Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:40:27 GMT, "Sharkbait"
<sharkbait999@************> wrote:

>We have 18 nights to spend in Cambodia. Any recommendations for adding or
>deleting days off the following itinerary:
>
>
>
>Enter Siem Reap - 5 nights
>
>Phnom Penh - 3 nights
>
>Sihanoukville - 4 nights
>
>Kampot - 3 nights
>
>Kep - 3 nights
>
>Exit - Kep-Phnom Penh-Ho Chi Minh on 19th day.
>
>
>
>The only change I've considered making is one less night in Phnom Penh and
>maybe one more night in Sihanoukville. We've never been to any of these
>places, so it's hard to say how much time any of these places are worth.
>Thanks in advance.

I've only ever visited Phnom Penh, Siem Reap and Sihanoukville, so
can't comment on the other places.

I certainly wouldn't add any more time to Sihanoukville. Even 3 nights
there would be quite enough already. If it were me, I'd spend more
time in Phnom Penh.

Chris

[Sharkbait]

Peter Webb wrote;

> PP is a pretty town. But 3 days/nights should be enough, there isn't that
> much to see and must of what there is is unrelentingly depressing -
> although everybody should visit Tuol Sleng concentration camp and it is a
> very intense experience, its not like you would want to visit it twice or
> even spend a day there with a picnic lunch.
>
> Sianoukville on the other hand is a very *mellow* place indeed,
> reminiscent of Koh Samui 40 years ago, a very pleasant place indeed to
> relax.

Arriving in the afternoon of the first day, I thought 1.5 days in Phnom Penh
might not be enough. By the time we reach Sihanoukville, we would have been
on the road for nearly a month, so some additional days of relaxation were
factored in for the end by the beaches. I guess part of the point of being
on vacation should be for some rest and relaxation, so that is what's
planned for Sihanoukville, Kampot, and Kep.

Kampot and Kep are relatively close to each other. I wonder if picking a
hotel or guesthouse inbetween would be worthwhile for five or six days.

To be correct, is it Sihanoukville or Sianoukville? Thanks in advance.

rg

[Peter Webb]

>
> Or Battambang? It's is a nice place to spend a night or three, reachable
> from SR on a very nice boat trip and with good conections back to PP and
> SV.
>

I got the boat to Battambang.

I asked the person in the hotel what there was to do in Battambang. He said
visit the killing fields. I said I had already done this in PP. He said the
Battambang killing fields were "much bigger and better than the one in PP -
many more people died in the Battambang killing fields".

I got the bus out the next day. Cambodia is a wonderful country, but too
many of their tourist attractions consist of piles of skulls ...

[Sharkbait]

Peter Webb wrote;

> I got the bus out the next day. Cambodia is a wonderful country, but too
> many of their tourist attractions consist of piles of skulls ...

I agree. With no disrespect, we have no desire to view the bones of all
those who died at the hands of Pol Pot.

rg