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Tourist Services :
There is currently a complete lack of tourist services in
Sihanoukville. There are no locally provided maps, so you will have to
rely on a guide book for orientation, although the town centre is
quite small and its' layout is not complicated. Banks,
telecommunications offices, bus companies are all on or just off the
main road connecting the port with Sihanoukville town
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Cambodia Commercial Bank : Main Rd. S
side. opp from Star Hotel. M-F 8:00-15:00 T/C to $ com. 2%, Cash
advance - Visa, 2%, min $10 charge.
$1=3800R
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Private Money Changers : small stall
on the alley off from the Main Rd, at the corner of Star Hotel.
$1=3,880, 3870r=$1
cash only.
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Post Office : On the main rd. Walk W
from the bus stop. N side. 8-20:30. If the door is closed, you may ask
at the back door. You may be able to call. Internet
$4/hr
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Private Telephone Service : Phone : Int'l call US$5/min, Fax:
US$6/min, Receive call US$1/5 min. fax US$1/page.
After 1 min, charge for 1.5mins, after 1.5 mins charge 2 mins, etc
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Chvenmin Hospital : Near the
intersection, E from the bus stop.
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International Peach Hospital : Just W
from the H1
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Vietnamese Consulate : M-F7:30-11,
13:30-16:00, 1 month visa The visa is issued while you wait.
$35
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Sun computer : near the bus stop,
7-21:00, $0.2/min
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Telephone office : On the main rd.
Walk W from the bus stop. N side.
$4/hr 8-20:30
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Train station : NW part of the town.
1.5km from the GH area, 3km from the center of the town.
Access: 1-2,000r
by moto
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Bus/pickup stops : Center of the
town. 3km from the GH area, by moto
1000riel
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Boat Pier to Koh Kong : 5km NW from
the center of town. By moto
1000-2000riel and 3km from GH area by
moto 1000riel.
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To Phnom Penh :
Bus :
a./c 12,000riel
Minibus : 10,000 riel.
Pickup inside-10,000 outside 5,000r,
Train: 12,400riel, TuThSa6:30
to Kompot :
Train 4,40riel,
TuThSa6:30
to Koh Kong(the border to Thailand :
Boat 12:00
600B/$15/60,000riel,
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Local Transport |
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Moto Taxi :
Very common transport to get around town.
1000 riel after
hard bargain for most journey's around town, such as the bus stop to
GH area. Excursions to & from the port & more distant beaches may cost
1000-2000riel.
The fare depends on your bargain skill and your allowable time. If you
arrive Sihanoukville 30min before the boat leaves, you don't have any
chance to get the right amount for the fare. Also aggressive moto
drivers, waiting for you in front of your GH or at the bus stop or the
boat pier, are very tough to negotiate.
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Rental bikes :
Melting Pot & The Red Snapper, so quality should improve. Ask around
at your GH.$3-10/day
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Koh Kong (Cam)/Hat Lek (Thai): open 7-17:00.
A comfortable means of getting between Bangkok and Phnom Penh, an
express boat operates between Koh Kong & Sihanoukville,
Take a boat from Sihanoukville to Koh Kong, 12:00,
600B /$15 /60,000riel,
3.5 hrs. When the boat stops at Pok long before
Koh Kong. To cross the border on the same day, you have to take a
small boat ($3 or 150B or 100B
if you take a boat with a local) to a pier where you can take a moto/taxi
(20-30B/p) to the border. The fares
are ridiculously expensive but you have no chance to bargain. The
border closes at 17:00. If your speed boat arrived at Pok Long after
16:20, you have to take a risk not to be able to cross the border.
If the border had been closed
when you got there, you have 3 choices.
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Stay at Eingdoy Hotel,
500m before the border, 039-588109, ab
d350B tw400B TV pool bar C4.
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A
small GH in the village near by. 1.5km from the border. Too basic and
dirty, sb f 150B C1.
Nothing but rip off.
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Go to Koh Kong by moto(20B/p) and boat(20B/p)
See
Koh Kong
for more details. From Border (Hat Lek
to Trat) The closest major town is
Trat. By songthaw from Hat Let to Klong Yai
20B 30min and
take another songthaw from K.Yai to Trat
40B 1.5hr
Minibus from the border to Trat,
100B/p 1.5hr |
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Information provided by
Ministry of Tourism. Government of
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