Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(St 10; 6am-about 8pm)
The food court here has a dozen stalls that are great for coffee,
breakfast soup,
num kong
(delectably chewy Khmer doughnuts) and
num kroch
(fried
dumplings filled with beans and palm sugar).
Information
8am-3.30pm Mon-Fri, to 11.30am Sat)
Has a 24-hour ATM that takes
Canadia Bank
(NH2;
most forms of plastic.
Takeo Tourism
( 032-931323; 7.30-11am & 2-5pm Mon-Fri, also open Sat & Sun)
May be able
to arrange an English-speaking guide (US$15 to US$20) to the temples.
Getting There & Around
Takeo is on NH2, 77km south of Phnom Penh, 40km north of Kirivong and 48km north of
the Phnom Den/Tinh Bien border crossing to Vietnam.
Phnom Penh Sorya Transport is the only company serving Phnom Penh (10,000r, 2ΒΌ
hours), with four small buses daily to/from a lot in front of
Psar Thmei
(Central Market, NH2)
.
If you miss those you'll have to take a shared taxi (US$25 for the whole taxi, 15,000r for
a seat). These leave from the same lot throughout the day, but you may have to wait
longer or hire your own taxi in the afternoon.
Occasional share taxis (10,000r) and minivans (5000r) make the 45-minute trip down to
Kirivong, or you can hire a
moto
for US$10. To get to the Phnom Den/Tinh Bien border
crossing to Vietnam, go to Kirivong and switch to a
moto
(US$2) for the final 8km. A
private taxi to Kirivong is US$20, plus US$5 more to the border.
To get to Kep or Kampot by public transport, you need to go to Angk Tasaom, the
chaotic transport junction 13km west of Takeo on NH3. Southbound buses pass through
here, although there's no guarantee they'll have space. At Angk Tasaom you can also pick
up share taxis and minibuses to Kampot and Kep. To get from Takeo to Angk Tasaom,
hop on a trailer pulled by a motorbike (2000r) from Psar Thmei, a
remork
(US$6) from
Psar Thmei or the hospital, or a
moto
(US$3) wherever you spot one.
