Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Botoum Hotel
OFFLINE MAP
( 012 687858; botoumhotel@gmail.com; r US$8-15; ) The rooms at this middle-of-the-
road place are reliably clean - if you can tolerate the pink curtains.
HOTEL $
Red Chili
OFFLINE MAP
(NH6; mains 8000-16,000r; 6am-8.30pm) The most central and best restaurant in town.
There's no menu but the English-speaking wait staff can elaborate on the offerings: tom
yam (spicy and sour soup), fried rice/noodles, loc lak (peppery stir-fried beef cubes) and
other Khmer faves.
CAMBODIAN $
Information
8am-3.30pm Mon-Fri, to 11.30am Sat) Full international ATM with free with-
Canadia Bank (
drawals.
7am-8pm) Internet access facing the Golden Crown Guest-
Mkotmeas Internet (per hr 2000r;
house.
Getting There & Away
Sisophon is 45km east of Poipet, 105km west of Siem Reap and 68km northwest of Bat-
tambang.
Most long-haul buses call in at the bus station in the centre of town. Companies includ-
ing Capitol Tour, Rith Mony and Phnom Penh Sorya each have four or five buses per day
south to Battambang (7000r, 1½ hours) and Phnom Penh (US$7, eight hours). The quick-
est way to Phnom Penh is with comfortable minivans (US$9, 6½ hours) run by Mean Chey
Express OFFLINE MAP ( 054-665 1999; dara_muong@yahoo.com; NH6) .
Capital Tour and Sorya have a couple of buses to Poipet. A few morning buses from
Poipet come through en route to Siem Reap (two hours).
From the nearby taxi park, share taxis serve Poipet (15,000r, 40 minutes), Siem Reap
(14,000r, two hours), Battambang (10,000r, 1¼ hours) and Phnom Penh (US$10, six
hours); a private taxi to Siem Reap costs about US$30. Share taxis also go to Samraong
via Kralanh for the O Smach border crossing ( Click here ; 25,000r).
To get to Banteay Chhmar, Click here .
 
 
 
 
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