Travel: Cambodia

From Bangkok we booked Air Asia tickets to Phnom Penh for about $80 US. If you book ahead of time you will get cheaper. Air Asia doesn't fly to/from Siem Reap so we spent a lot, I think $200 on Bangkok Air flights back to Bangkok.

Flying out of Bangkok, be ready with the 500 Baht departure fee. In Phnom Penh be ready with the $20 US on arrival Visa. There is also a departure fee from Cambodia, I think $20 US as well.

Out of the airport pay about $5 or $10 for a taxi to the city. The driver will be nice and take you to some hotels to look at. About $10 for an air conditioned room with 2 beds. A tuk tuk for the killing fields and museums should be less than $10. I think.

Use the hotel to book a 7 hour bus ride to Siem Reap that leaves in the morning. I think $10 per person. Its a quick 7 hours. Also use the hotel to arrange a tuk-tuk ride from the bus station when you arrive. They will take you to a hotel, you can stay there if you want. Might be $10 to $15 for double and AC.

Use the hotel tuk tuk to go and buy an Angkor Wat ticket for the next day, which allows you to enter the day you buy it after 5pm or so, you can watch the sunset. You can enjoy enough of the temples in that one evening and the next day. If you want more you should buy a longer ticket. Consult Lonely Planet for temple info. For 3 days of a personal tuk tuk driver I think we paid $24, including ride to airport.