Places To Visit In Laos

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looking for travel tips and places to visit while in thai vietnam cambodia and laos..?

travelling tips? I'm cambo and i've been to cambo about 4 times.

Preparation:
Get some injections for Malaria, Hepatitis etc. Ask your doctor for details
Learn some of their language, trust me those guys have awful english...

What to bring:
Insect Repellent, if your like me you can score about 12 mosquito bites in like 2 days ><
Sunscreen (a little obvious)
Extra money, you will find a lot of beggars, especially any place with lots of tourists.
A face mask, it's very dusty, especially when your on a bike

Tips:
When your travelling around Asia, especially Thai, Cambo and Viet. The best way is to get motorbike, cars get stuck in travel HEAPS and its normally the motorbikes that mange to weave through. Otherwise you can get a "thounk thounk" (sorry) it's like a horse carriage except you it's a motorbike at the front.

DONT eat the food off the streets, it can be really unhygienic sometimes. You'll find people shoving food into your faces to eat but just kindly reject it

Keep your bags with you at all times. I've seen bag snatchers, it's very common...

Be careful with what you wear, unless you're like western. If your asian you wear revealing stuff and heaps of make-up, they mistake you for a prostitute.

As bad as this sounds, you can bribe police >< yeah i know but it's true

Don't go to brothels, please I'm so against child sex tourism and it's illegal in cambodia. You have no idea how hard it is for the girls and you'll have a very high chance of getting HIV

Places to visit:
Angkor Wat: it's located in Siem Reap and the place it beautiful. There are a heck of a lot of tourists there. It's a lot more cleaner than Phnom Penh and you'll learn a lot about cambodian culture

Koh Kong: it's a good place to visit and i've heard that it's really nice there but the road there is dangerous. Around last year a cambodian famous actor died because the bus capsized.

Battambang: I heard this place is good for a nightlife, well at least according to my dad who loves karaoke

Sihanouk Ville: Locals in Cambodia will still call it Kampong Som. Highly recommended!!! Beaches are sparkling, there are lots of tourists around and it's quite safe to walk around at night. There are lots of international restaurants too. Visit the snake house while your there, it's excellent, there are lots of scary snakes and you can even dine there. Also, if you do get a chance, go to one of the nearby islands, the water is even more beautiful.

Phnom Penh: Yeah, thats the capital. It's dusty, dirty and filled with busy traffic. There are some beautiful places. The royal palace has a lot of culture ad history, unfortunately some of the antiques were stolen. It's called "Viang" by cambodians are it's located near the river.

Sorya (Phnom Penh): This is probably the closest thing you'll find to western shops, they have a Lucky Market that sells some western food. Try Swesens (an american ice cream brand) its really good and try the Pizza Company. It's italian food and it tastes soo good and the place is real clean.

Just a word of advice though: Cambodia and Thai are going through war so it may be hard to get from Thai to Cambodia.

Vientiane, Laos


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