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Transportation & Driving
One of the things we love most about living in Cambodia is not having a car. Gone are car
insurance payments, hefty gas charges, and traffic frustration. When we want to get around,
we walk or take a tuktuk (which costs $2 to get most places around town, $3 to travel long
distances across the city and $7 to the airport).
Whilewelovetravellingthiswayasitbringsusclosertostreetlifeandinteractionwithloc-
als,therearesometimesacoupleofhiccupsalongtheway.Forinstance,everytuktukdriver
will nod vigorously and enthusiastically say “Yes” when you ask if he knows how to find
your destination. For a Cambodian, it's very important to never lose face - and admitting he
doesn't know the way is like saying he doesn't want your business. So he'll head off hap-
pily… sometimes in the wrong direction. Once he realizes he's lost, he'll pull over and have
a powwow with other drivers on the street who will assemble around a map and eventually
get you on your way.
When we want to explore outside the perimeter of the tuktuk (such as when we're in coastal
towns or visiting the villages), we rent motor bikes, as they open up a new world which
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