Great again, Claire! I was born and bred on a farm so that is MY video 😃. You don't need to be scared about buffalos or cows. But I would take some pepper spray in my pocket for dogs! For me not always predictable. In three days I'm in SR. Perhaps we do the next cow walk together? Cow walk instead of cat walk...perhaps you start a new trend!!
Feels so different only 3 kms from town - cool little stores - neat village homes - happy people - happy animals - yes I could spend time there - Thanks for sharing 👍👋🙏
Hey Claire, I was the cockney bloke who said hello last night (Saturday) Stepped outside Royal Crown Hotel and saw you both walking up the road I was on my way to Jungle Burger Sports Bar to watch the UK football Keep up the good work 👍
Was great to see you! Clayton runs a fantastic establishment over on Sok San - really nice place for a few beers and a meal. Glad you have made it safely to Cambodia and hope to run into you again one day! 🌴🐃🐂🐄🐕🐈🌴
@@ForRiel I had to do a double take as you were literally the first people I saw walking out the Hotel after arriving a few hours earlier . . . . I did end up at Clayton’s that night but would certainly appreciate any restaurant suggestions of your favourite places in Town . . . Especially favourite Cambodian & favourite French . . . . . Cheers Guys 👍
Another great walk. 😃 And to a combination modern/ancient temple through interesting countryside. Thank you so much Claire. For those of us waiting to come back, and for those who have never been there but hoping to visit or live there someday….great little video. I liked both living in Siem Reap, but also spending time out in the countryside. Having taken Refuge in the Triple Gem, and accepted the Five Precepts at a Theravada Temple…….I always love seeing the temples. I’ll be back this year to live there. Thank you again Claire and Jeremy. Namo Buddhaya 🙏🏼 🙏🏼 🙏🏼 ☸️ 🌴
Thank you so much for your kind words, Robert! I was going to include the Wat Athvear tour in this video but it would have become too long. I agree - I love living in Siem Reap for the convenience it offers, but I also love being able to escape into the countryside in only a few minutes. I love the temples too, both modern and ancient, and no matter how small or how seemingly insignificant, there is always something to see. My favourite thing are the paintings that depict the different stories, and being able to recognise the stories from the paintings. I know maybe three or four, but there are so many more to learn. 🌴🐃🐂🐄🐕🐈🌴
I already do! It's amazing and soooo much fun! I live in mongkol borei, bantey meanchey where the main industry is rice agriculture. I take bike rides through the rice fields daily after teaching. The sunsets over the rice fields with phnum thom in the background are amazing!
I live in the countryside in eastern Cambodia, close to Vietnam, and I love it ! Unfortunately, land prices are ridiculously high around Siem Reap town so, if I was planning to go living in SR province, I'd probably have a look to the north-eastern part in Phnom Kulen area and further. If possible in a spot not too flat.
Wow, that must be quite a remote area to live. How long does it take to get to Phnom Penh from there? I guess the number of developments in Siem Reap province is pushing the price of land higher all the time. 🌴🐃🐂🐄🐕🐈🌴
The countryside looks so lovely and peaceful. As far as living there, hmm, I would rather stay in the area you guys live. I need restaurants, and people watching to pass the time.
Love,y. I prefer the countryside. Thanks Claire. I try to watch each new video and encourage others to do so too since you’re both so generous to the local charities. Have a great week !
Omg I would love to live there. Life looks so much more laid back. My wife's father came from a village like that so I'm pretty sure he would agree with me on the country side lol. While as my wife and her mom would love the the hustle and the bustle of city life 😂. So peaceful either way
Yes, it would be a very slow and peaceful life in a village like that one. I love how in the late afternoon everyone is outside chatting and catching up with their neighbours. All the children were playing together too. It has a really community feel that is different to the city. 🌴🐃🐂🐄🐕🐈🌴
My Khmai friend lives near there. She owns and runs Angkor Pottery Centre. Her name is Paruth Hann. She is really lovely. And she runs pottery classes for tourists. You may like to visit her.
@@sonsen25 Sorry to offend. I have trouble spelling in English script. I am not American thanks but I have not added keyboards to it yet. I will do now. OK?
Yes I will be living out in the country side. It is so relaxing there and life is calmer. Currently working FIFO and will retire to the country side of Siem Reap. Next visit should be in April for Khmer New Year. Thank you for the video, so great to see the rural areas
Hey! I like your videos. All of them, but especially showing environment and local culture. Can't wait to see how you transform your life and habits. Still waiting your video compare moving to Cambodia vs Philippines. Appreciate your opinion about that. I'm in a phase of to make the decision. Wish you all the best!
Thanks so much! We have never been to the Philippines, so don't have any knowledge of what things cost there, or what it's like. We hope to visit sometime this year, and will hopefully be able to make a video at that stage. 🌴🐃🐂🐄🐕🐈🌴
Hi Claire, very nice video, imo. You should do more of these walking tours. Glad your 'Cow whisperer' attempt worked out for you. If it had not, we may have got to see how fast you can run!
We thought about living in northern country like Mondulkiri with cool weather, beautiful nature, and waterfalls after our retirement so we bought some piece of land way back in 2020. We built a guest house there so can generate some cashflow while we are retired. We have changed the plan. We grew up in the city all our life and we can't stay long there as we need to travel around. We sold the guest house and we keep traveling around for now. Enjoy your travels as always. Cheers 🍷
To buy a piece of land over there, do you have to get the Cambodian citizen back first? I'm retire soon and like to go back buying a piece of land, build a house to live there. What's the process that I need to do?
@@porchheu1137 If you still have some relatives there, you can apply for a Khmer identification first through them as family members, then apply for a citizenship. It's a very easy process with small fees to pay!
It's great that you realised that you prefer city life and travelling around and were able to sell the property. I am sure it will be the perfect fit for someone else! We like a mix of city and country, but in the end, the convenience of living in a city usually wins out. Thanks so much for watching! 🌴🐃🐂🐄🐕🐈🌴
Hi Jeremy and Claire , hope all is going well , I recently visited a Khmer friend who lives outside of Siem Reap , and was truly surprised to see different land parcels already measured and divided , as they await building to commence , the billboard advertisements alone were quite disturbing , makes me wonder what the future holds for the greater area , although I'm just a visitor to this tiny nation , my heart goes out to the Khmer , knowing the tragic history so many of them lived through , and somehow survived , I can only hope the future will turn out to be one , where the interests of the local people take president over those of greedy land developers , whose only interest is to make fast , easy money , and then simply disappear into the wind , land as we all know is so precious , and this small nation can ill afford to waste any , I pray that this isn't the beginning of a more disturbing story , which seems to be already unfolding , only time will tell us , Jeremy and Claire 😊, thanks for the countryside walk about , and Claire , those animals dotting the landscape are docile , until they're not , I happened to witness one ram a Tuk Tuk one day , no apparent reason , I'll leave it to your imagination as to who won , take care , stay safe , look forward to your next adventure , Peace
Hi Brian, yes the number of these developments is surprising indeed, and the way that the land is to be developed makes me wonder if there are any checks and balances in place in terms of planning. I can understand higher density terrace houses in Siem Reap town, but it seems completely out of sync with the more rural landscape. A more sensitive development with houses on larger blocks of land would have been better in my opinion, but as you say, the return on investment probably increases along with the density. Some planning restrictions could keep this in check, but I think the horse probably bolted a long while ago. Maybe nobody will buy into these developments and they will be nothing more than a brick fence in the middle of a rice paddy! 🌴🐃🐂🐄🐕🐈🌴
After being here for only 11 days and loving it. Just 3 more minutes from my school 🏫 it suddenly feels rural. Need to go out further and meet some sweet locals. Cheers for Riel
So great to hear that you have arrived and things are going well. Life here has such a lovely pace and the countryside is just great. We are lucky in Siem Reap because we have rural life so close to town. 🚜💒🛵🏠😀🙏 🍺
@@ForRiel I'm very saddened by the development signage, after looking at what happened in sihanoukville. Just devastating!😢. My worst fear was that it would go to Siem Reap. But it is out of our hands. Take care!
@@ForRiel Last time I visited the Roluos Temples, instead of going on the highway, the tuk driver went by the back roads through some really beautiful farmland & paddy fields. Again, not far from SR but a totally different world.
Cool walk!!! Kinda reckon those beefy things are more laid back than a horizontal thing!! So pretty and a nice wee town. We remember seeing signs like that in Phnom Penh 10 years ago. A connected townhouse was like $35K on the way to the airport. If we had any idea what was going to happen we would have bought ten of them. As it was we helped out our family into one at $65K. And now, it feels like it's in the centre of PP!! 3 stories (roof top covered but not enclosed) and nicely finished. Stacks of space and parking in front. Kinda. So, maybe those signs are not so bad. I'm more concerned about high-rises in places like Kampot designed for foeign nationals. Thanks Claire!! Was cool!!
Thank you! I am still wary of the cattle just because of the sheer size of them. It's fantastic that you bought one townhouse when the prices were good. It's funny how decent roads change everything. Now that the roads in Siem Reap are so much better, places that seemed a long way out of town are suddenly very accessible. I wonder how that high rise place on the corner opposite the iron bridge in Kampot is going? I am not sure if the tentacles of the foreign nationals have reached into the Siem Reap countryside as yet, at least not in the areas away from the new airport, anyway..... 🚜💒🛵🏠😀🙏 🍺
Hi Clair, be careful around the cow sometimes they have attitude that remine me during Khmer Rouge period. I was walking on a rice paddy berm and there was a cow walking on the opposite direction to me as we walked and stared toward each other in hope one would turn around. Once we were very close to each other, the ow turned around and kicked me on my leg before it ran away from me. Until today I still can't believe that cow was capable of thinking that way.
Yes, you just don't know what they are thinking! Maybe some cows have bad tempers and don't want to let an innocent walker pass by. At least the ones I encountered were tethered, so I wouldn't have to run far to get away from them! Awful that you were kicked - I bet that was painful. 🌴🐃🐂🐄🐕🐈🌴
On the cows. In northern Australia, don't go anywhere near the wild water buffalo's. They will kill you. But I learned from my brother in law, who's a farmer in Australia. It's how you treat the cows. His bull could walk behind you while you're changing a tire on his farm and you won't even notice it. Then it might charge down the hill and argue with the neighbor's bull for about four hours. My uncle grew up in Sydney. He used to use zappers and when that went flat, a 410 shotgun to move his cattle. I wouldn't even get out of the car on his farm, if there was a bull around. In Cambodia, the animals have been hand raised for generations. I've never heard of anyone being attacked by a cow or bull here. I'd imagine if that happened, the farmer would be in a lot of trouble.
Yes, there have been stories in the news here of people being killed by buffalos. The cows don't seem to be concerned about people, but I wish they would tether them so that they can't reach the road. At least you only have to be able to run as far as the rope is long! I think you are right, though. The owner would be in trouble if their animal attacked someone. 🌴🐃🐂🐄🐕🐈🌴
This is a nice time of year for that walk. Looks to me like a road with exactly zero shade i.e., super effing hot the other 9 months of the year. Umbrellas are handy as all get-out in south east Asia, even when it isn't raining. :)
Hi David, yes these roads are very exposed to the heat and really only possible to walk there in the late afternoon, but I agree, umbrella walking is the best! It's a great time of year to be doing this kind of thing. Thanks for watching! 🚜💒🛵🏠😀🙏 🍺
I’ve lived in cambodia on and off for 8 years, the cows and buffaloes won’t bother you , but those dogs especially around the pagodas, most western people think pet the dog , but most dogs follow monks etc. and have never been touched, soon as you pet them , they bite! Also they usually have not seen western people so be careful of the dogs ! Cows are okay
Yes, the dogs scare me quite a lot because I've been chased by them many times. I find them really unpredictable especially when they are in a pack like that. 🌴🐃🐂🐄🐕🐈🌴
I would definitely be living in the rural Cambodia as long as I could have a proper (there are) dirt bike atv or side-by-side for the rainy season or better a 4X4 in case of flooding. But regardless, I do long for a serene living environment hopefully soon ✌😊
Thanks so much, Philip! There are ATVs here, but they are mainly used as an adventure day tour thing rather than daily transport. Those roads would be awful in the wet season. 🌴🐃🐂🐄🐕🐈🌴
Wow, such beautiful countryside and temple with the sun starting to go down! Thanks for this walk ~ just discovered your channel in preparation for my 1st visit to Siem Reap in March... I think I love it already.
Great insights. I lived in rural Ecuador, in the countryside, and had mixed feelings. Quiet, friendly neighbors, but a lot more bugs. I worked out less often due to the distance to my gym, wild dogs, and we had more disruptions to power and water. Things got weird with the neighbors when I didn't open my wallet to an endless stream of requests. If you can solve these issues, country living can be a cool thing. Dirt roads might also create unanticipated problems, so try it out before you buy something.
I see potential ! Really nice area and apparently they have some big plans. Eventually a suburb of SR in close proximity ? -- But they really need some paved roads ! Rainy wet season would be a bear on those roads - as they are !?! -- That city is beautiful now & I'm sure they will see to it that the expansions are in keeping with what's been done. -- Thanks Claire for the tour around. 🙏 I think I prefer close to all the good food & more central to that ! -- ? -- But I'm old & like to eat.
Really enjoyed this walk. If I had a scooter, I would say living out in the countryside would be good. But I doubt it will be rural ten years from now. I thought you might stop for a beer. Lol @rockergrrrl
Thanks so much! I think you're right - the urban sprawl is coming to Siem Reap, and soon 3km out will be as developed as the town. I went on another walk yesterday afternoon and was invited to a local beer table. Was very funny, but I had to keep walking.🌴🐃🐂🐄🐕🐈🌴
What to try something to do in siem reap? Archery is fun and relatively cheap. A couple can shoot Bows for a couple of hours for 12 bucks( 1/2 foreigner rate 1/2 Khmer) royal archery. Fun! 30 minutes from city center on the edge of town.
Nope...to many snakes, lizards frogs and other creepy crawly things. Personally loving pp and sihanoukville. Battamang and siem are ok to visit but enjoying these areas more. Had a Dickens of a time convincing my girl to leave the farm and move to sihanoukville. I can understand the appeal. Grew up in farm country and raised pigs when I was young. But I need the modern world.
