Travel Reference
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ample space and boutique touches. The fusion restaurant (mains US$5 to US$10) is Pail-
in's best. To get here go straight where the highway bends sharply to the right 500m bey-
ond the Bamboo turn-off.
HOTEL
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Diamond Crown Hotel & Casino
( 012 400657;
www.dchotelcasino.com
; r 500-1500B; )
Located in Psar Pruhm on the
Thai border, this is one of several casino-hotels set up to milk cash from Thai gamblers.
Choose from cheap charmless digs in the old wing or standard casino fare (plush carpets,
poly bedspreads, extra-large flat-screen TVs) in the new wing.
Piphonpenh Chet 70
(NH 57; mains 6000-12,000r; 6am-11pm; )
Well-located and popular, this restaurant has a
little of everything: speedy wi-fi, breakfast staples like
bei sach chrouk
(pork and rice)
and
kuy teav
(noodle soup) and even a car wash. It lacks an English menu but there are a
few photos.
CAMBODIAN
$
Information
English-speaking manager Theara of the Memoria Palace hotel is about the only useful
source of information in Pailin. He can put together tours taking in gem mines, farms and
waterfalls, among others. The Diamond Casino has public internet access at the border
(per hour US$1.50).
8am-3.30pm Mon-Fri, to 11.30am Sat)
Has an ATM offering free cash
Canadia Bank
(NH57;
withdrawals.
M@ster Internet
(NH57; per hr 2000r;
7am-8pm)
Getting There & Away
For information on getting to the Thai border at Psar Pruhm-Ban Pakard,
Click here
.
NH57 (sometimes still called Hwy 10) from Battambang to Pailin is now in excellent
shape, making for a very straightforward journey by bus, car or motorbike.
have morning buses that originate in Psar Pruhm at the Thai border around 7.30am, pick
up passengers in Pailin around 8am, and continue to Phnom Penh (38,000r, eight hours)
via Battambang (15,000r, 1½ hours).
