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@Huey N Rolf  Loving Siem Reap though pretty hot March and April. Great place to live

Hello everyone,

@ Huey N Rolf, please note that I have created a new thread on the Cambodia forum so that members can share some feedback with you.

All the best

Bhavna

@Leon French

Looks nice there, any downsides?

@Leon French

Thank you.

@Bhavna

Thank you

Hi. I am living in Siem Reap now too. Been here this time since last September or so. One of the advantages to me since I walk everywhere are the infrastructure advances which make Siem Reap a walkable city. The second thing in our neighborhood are the restaurants, cafes, coffee shops. I live with my Khmer girl friend in a small apartment north of downtown. We pay $180 a month for a small apartment with swimming pool, security gate, and paved road. I have not found any real negatives living here but I don't think we would enjoy living closer to the downtown. I lived there by myself before. My girl friend makes life very nice for me. She cooks whatever kind of food I want, goes shopping for all our goods and buys clothing, food, and other stuff in markets for us.   Our neighborhood is a nice mix of local Khmer places and international dining and I feel very safe walking here day or night. I also like to visit Vietnam on occasion and Siem Reap airport is nice as well as all the bus and minivan services that link up the city with other places.

Best thing to do is visit a few places then make up your mind.

@mpmilestogo

Thank you for your post. It sounds ideal and cheap. Was it difficult to find your appartment?

@Huey N Rolf well I did not find it. My girl friend went looking and sent photos of different places. I think though you can find something easily on your own. I used a realty service before and they showed me a bunch of places both online and in a tuktuk. The prices were from about $210 to $270. I could also have shopped on my own. There are lots of signs for rental units. I picked an area I wanted to live and told the agent. A lot of folks pick Wat Bo area. I like where we are. Depends on what it is you want.

I would start with an Airbnb for a few weeks. I ended up last September asking the Airbnb host to let me stay longer. I could have easily found an apartment. I just liked the neighborhood where the Airbnb was and was not in a hurry. I also then met my girl friend. We decided to live together and she did the rest.

@mpmilestogo

Thanks again. What you're telling me checks a lot of the boxed I have.

How about English?

Is it possible to get by

@Huey N Rolf I have no problems with English. One of our little Khmer restaurants we like welcome me in English when I go with my girlfriend for soup noodles in mornings. My favorite coffee shop is fine too. I do lean on my gf for eating at places like Cambodian bbq. She does all the ordering for us. Shopping at traditional markets could be difficult but regular supermarkets like Angkor market is fine.

She also arranges private car service when we go to her moms province and generally helps with other stuff.  She teaches me a few Khmer words. I try to learn.

I think you’ll be fine in Siem Reap with English.

@mpmilestogo

Holy crap, I'm falling in love with the place.

You might want to give Kampot a miss.

Although the setting along the river is nice, the quality of most everything, accommodation, restaurants, shopping, expat scene, etc., is a bit rough.

@jayrozzetti23

Where's Kampot?

@jayrozzetti23
Where's Kampot?
-@Huey N Rolf

Kampot is several hours southwest of Phnom Penh near the Gulf of Thailand coast.

Across the river is the Bokor Hill Station, where the final scenes of the film "City of Ghosts" (2002)  were shot.

@Huey N Rolf best way to see is to use a map of Cambodia. We will go to Kampot Tuesday for a few  days. First we take minivan from Siem reap to Phnom Penh. That takes 5 hours. Then we get a private car from Phnom Penh. It takes about 3 hours if we stop along the way. Alin likes to shop at different food stands along the way.  Often we drive straight through it’s about 2.5 hours.

here’s some of Cambodia. I’m never sure if I can share an image on mobile.

@jayrozzetti23

You don't have a flocking clue about Kampot, you surely haven't stayed there longer than 3 days.

Kampot is a small town with all advantages that you usually find in large cities.

It has an excellent WiFi net, great restaurants, cafés, bars. Heavy traffic is diverted so no heavy traffic in the center. It's a very clean town. Accomodations are great, some along the river, most of them with swimming pool.

Food is great, from many foreign countries or local Khmer origin.

If you come to Kampot I offer to show you around and you will be embarrassed that you ever said a bad word about Kampot!

Joe

@mpmilestogo

Thank you again.

The maps opened just fine.

Very useful.

H

@JoeKhmer

Joe,

Thanks for your input on Kampot. It looks nice too. Does it have an airport?

Khmer V Cambodian.

Is the same thing, or is Cambodian not used.

@Huey N Rolf

All khmers are Cambodian but not all Cambodians are Khmer.

There are indigenous communities that are not related to the Khmer people.

Cheers.

Joe

@Huey N Rolf

No airport.

Hi All,

My wife and I bought a condo just north of Sihanoukville being built by East Land and Home.  Anyone have any insight into what's going on in Sihanouk now that the Chinese have moved out