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( 072 210210; santepheaphotel@yahoo.com; Rue Preah Suramarit; r with fan US$7, with air-con
US$15-20; )
The elder statesman of hotels in Kratie, this expansive riverfront place
has large fan rooms at the back with TV and bathroom. Air-con rooms come in various
shapes and sizes and are clean and well appointed, including desks.
U-Hong II Guesthouse
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( 085 885168; 119 St 10; r US$5-13; )
A lively little shoes-off guesthouse with a
buzzing little bar-restaurant between the market and the riverfront. The six rooms are
pretty basic but there are 11 more in a nearby annex.
GUESTHOUSE
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Le Bungalow
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BOUTIQUE HOTEL
$$
( 012 660902;
www.rajabori-kratie.com
; Rue Preah Suramarit; incl breakfast s/d without bathroom
US$25/31, r with bathroom US$65; )
Akin to a boutique homestay, here you'll find
three rooms in a traditional wooden house decorated with Sino-Khmer furnishings from
the colonial period. Two rooms are spacious with modern bathrooms, while the third is
more suited to children travelling with their parents and has an outside bathroom. If you
don't appreciate the traditional style it will seem overpriced.
Eating
When in Kratie keep an eye out for two famous specialities, sold on the riverfront and
elsewhere:
krolan
(sticky rice, beans and coconut milk steamed inside a bamboo tube) and
nehm
(tangy, raw, spiced river fish wrapped in banana leaves). The south end of the
psar
(market) turns into a carnival of barbecue stands hawking meat-on-a-stick by night.
Among aforementioned guesthouses, Balcony Guesthouse and more upscale Le Bunga-
low have noteworthy restaurants.
Red Sun Falling
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INTERNATIONAL
$
(Rue Preah Suramarit; mains 7000-14,000r; 7am-9pm; )
One of the liveliest spots in town,
with a relaxed cafe ambience, supreme river-front location, used books for sale and a good
selection of Asian and Western meals.
