Cambodia - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Northern Thailand - page 479

US$3-4.50; 6am-10pm) , the last in a row of restaurants on the right just north of the
roundabout (towards Prasat Preah Vihear).
MINE YOUR STEP
Stick to well-marked paths, as the Khmer Rouge laid huge numbers of landmines around Prasat Preah
Vihear as late as 1998.
Getting There & Around
With a private car you can get to Prasat Preah Vihear in about 2½ hours from Siem Reap
(about US$140 round-trip). It makes much more sense to break up the long trip with a
night in Sra Em, which is just 30km from the temple. At Sra Em's central roundabout, you
can find a moto to the Prasat Preah Vihear information centre in Kor Muy (US$10 return),
where another moto will take you up to the temple.
Share taxis (US$10, 2½ hours) link Sra Em with Siem Reap. Liang US Express has a
morning bus from Sra Em to Phnom Penh (US$10, 10 hours) via Preah Vihear City and
Kompong Thom. Rith Mony ( 097 865 6018) has a morning bus to Phnom Penh (US$10,
10 hours) via Siem Reap (20,000r, 3½ hours). Note that buses from Siem Reap or Phnom
Penh marked 'Preah Vihear' go only as far as Preah Vihear City and do not continue on to
Prasat Preah Vihear.
It used to be possible to get to Prasat Preah Vihear from Thailand, where paved roads
from Kantharalak lead almost up to the Monumental Stairway. However, due to the long
stand-off between Thailand and Cambodia, access from the Thai side has been forbidden
since mid-2008.