alexuk
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jan 30, 2011
so getting in to Cambodia at Ko Kong.....
at customs you get hecklers trying to fill out
forms or get you photocopies from town for 50bt upwards,they are quite
helpful at times but you dont usually need them overcharging you. Just go
to the window, get the forms, fill them in for your visa and have enough
and more in $US ready, because the Customs/Immigration Officer will
probably demand an extra 10dollars or more for the visa, and may refuse
thai baht. Of course you can argue, but thats no guarantee of getting the
visa, especially if you dont want to wait around in your leathers all day.
Everywhere in Ko Kong takes Thai baht, dollars and Riel
From the border, dont forget to drive on the right, never mind what the locals do.
The town is a few miles further, over the bridge. Just follow the road/dual carriageway
The casino is immediately on your right, if you want to stay there, play there, or just walk down to their beach and jump in the sea.
If you go past there and turn right under an arch into Safari World, there is the sea where you can swim and local basic restaurants.
A little further is a shop or two for drinks etc, and a Police checkpoint where you may get stopped and asked to see your passport again, but normally they dont bother so dont worry if you just rode on by.
You get to a roundabout, town is left.
If you go straight on for a couple of miles is the beach, quiet with several restaurant/shacks
selling drinks and prawns etc.
Down the hill from the roundabout/pagoda is the toll booth, 1400riel,
(35cents) iirc for bikes, then the bridge which is maybe 700metres long.
Best to get petrol in town.($1+litre).
Best to stay in town for the night as it's a long way to anywhere else.
There may be a nice resort an hour or two away off the main road but you
better know exactly where it is and make sure it's open
Over the bridge,Go right along the riverfront for the best hotels in town,
the Bay, and some cheap places on the left ($6up). There is a cash
machine,at Canadia Bank,they always dispense dollars.Some of the better
restaurants too,a French one on the right,Renault??, and a couple on the
left,Golden Sea and next door are good. Also opposite in the evenings are
stalls on the riverfront selling bbq chicken cheap(6000riel) and beer(50cents) etc.
There are 3 gas stations further down.
Between riverside and main street are side roads with guest houses and
restaurants, even a nightclub (Pisay). For$7or$8 a night, the Apex, Bopha,
Otto's,Heritage,and more. an extra $5 for aircon. And a nice cool french restaurant
On the main street between the 2 roundabouts, before the market,theres a
supermarket,(night club next door but I've never been in), shops(one does
24hr gas bottles), pharmacies, laundry, bus companies, local restaurants($1.50 for an omelette/baguette),noodle stores,
but also Harrys Bakery, burgers and german food,next to the old Dugout hotel, and just by the roundabout in centre of town is Fat Sams,western food in western sizes.a good place to meet others and find out whats worth doing around town.
Just past the main roundabout is a supermarket and a good mechanic,on the
right, if he cant fixit you'll have to wait till you get to PP or Snookville.
The market has fruit,everything I guess, but hammocks yes, and stores
around may have grease, tools, clothes, best moneychangers,
Theres a gas station,on a corner, and one local restaurant that does cheap
western food, just up the road by there is the 99guest house,nice newish
place,they speak good english and french. Further up the road are more
GHs,restaurants, local karaoke bars and girls.
I'm sure I know little about the place really, so if you want to add to
this you're welcome.
at customs you get hecklers trying to fill out
forms or get you photocopies from town for 50bt upwards,they are quite
helpful at times but you dont usually need them overcharging you. Just go
to the window, get the forms, fill them in for your visa and have enough
and more in $US ready, because the Customs/Immigration Officer will
probably demand an extra 10dollars or more for the visa, and may refuse
thai baht. Of course you can argue, but thats no guarantee of getting the
visa, especially if you dont want to wait around in your leathers all day.
Everywhere in Ko Kong takes Thai baht, dollars and Riel
From the border, dont forget to drive on the right, never mind what the locals do.
The town is a few miles further, over the bridge. Just follow the road/dual carriageway
The casino is immediately on your right, if you want to stay there, play there, or just walk down to their beach and jump in the sea.
If you go past there and turn right under an arch into Safari World, there is the sea where you can swim and local basic restaurants.
A little further is a shop or two for drinks etc, and a Police checkpoint where you may get stopped and asked to see your passport again, but normally they dont bother so dont worry if you just rode on by.
You get to a roundabout, town is left.
If you go straight on for a couple of miles is the beach, quiet with several restaurant/shacks
selling drinks and prawns etc.
Down the hill from the roundabout/pagoda is the toll booth, 1400riel,
(35cents) iirc for bikes, then the bridge which is maybe 700metres long.
Best to get petrol in town.($1+litre).
Best to stay in town for the night as it's a long way to anywhere else.
There may be a nice resort an hour or two away off the main road but you
better know exactly where it is and make sure it's open
Over the bridge,Go right along the riverfront for the best hotels in town,
the Bay, and some cheap places on the left ($6up). There is a cash
machine,at Canadia Bank,they always dispense dollars.Some of the better
restaurants too,a French one on the right,Renault??, and a couple on the
left,Golden Sea and next door are good. Also opposite in the evenings are
stalls on the riverfront selling bbq chicken cheap(6000riel) and beer(50cents) etc.
There are 3 gas stations further down.
Between riverside and main street are side roads with guest houses and
restaurants, even a nightclub (Pisay). For$7or$8 a night, the Apex, Bopha,
Otto's,Heritage,and more. an extra $5 for aircon. And a nice cool french restaurant
On the main street between the 2 roundabouts, before the market,theres a
supermarket,(night club next door but I've never been in), shops(one does
24hr gas bottles), pharmacies, laundry, bus companies, local restaurants($1.50 for an omelette/baguette),noodle stores,
but also Harrys Bakery, burgers and german food,next to the old Dugout hotel, and just by the roundabout in centre of town is Fat Sams,western food in western sizes.a good place to meet others and find out whats worth doing around town.
Just past the main roundabout is a supermarket and a good mechanic,on the
right, if he cant fixit you'll have to wait till you get to PP or Snookville.
The market has fruit,everything I guess, but hammocks yes, and stores
around may have grease, tools, clothes, best moneychangers,
Theres a gas station,on a corner, and one local restaurant that does cheap
western food, just up the road by there is the 99guest house,nice newish
place,they speak good english and french. Further up the road are more
GHs,restaurants, local karaoke bars and girls.
I'm sure I know little about the place really, so if you want to add to
this you're welcome.