Oh I love Siem Reap a lot. So many good memories in Cambodia, I did live there long ago. But I really miss Battambang, a city lost in the middle of nowhere. I miss the peace, the quietness, the countryside, the gentle people, the mango season, the khmer celebration and above all I miss their soul.
I was there for 2 weeks last month. It’s quiet and peaceful. People are friendly. Also visited Sihanoukville and Phnom Penh. Siem reap is the most authentic.
I can’t believe you know Alexis!!! Siem Reap was our home for 15 years before we moved to Bhutan and we’re so thrilled you visited Cambodia again finally. To see those streets made my teary eyed! By the way, we used to own a gallery and shop called Poetry just right beside Picasso as well as a cafe called Art Deli. We were one of the first businesses in the Alley West!
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Beautiful video and really nice watching. like to see your video about Cambodia country with best place in that areas.🌷🌷 love Cambodia as well Thailand country.❤️❤️
in 2015 coming from Los Angeles, CA i tour the Angkor Wat and stay nice hotel in Siem Reap and visited the city of Phnom Penh then to Manila and back to Califonia 😊
I didn’t know you could rent bikes there, what a cool way to get around town……..food is one of the nice things in Seim Reap……can find about anything you crave there……
Reap is pronounced with two syllables Ray-ap. (Siem Reap actually means the 'defeat of the Thais', which doesn't stop them attracting Thai tourists). I was last there in 2019 not that long before Covid closed all the SE Asian borders. A very lively little town with a great manic character...
the older building looks the same as those shop houses in southern Thailand i.e. Phuket.. Hatyai.. etc and all the way down to Singapore via Penang Malaysia.. it looks like Siem Reap is reasonably well kept.. quite tidy.. and very charming.. i'm sure once all their expensive infrastructure is completed in a few years Cambodia will be a serious competitor to Thailand and Vietnam.. ''i think'' this is a recent development.. am i right..
I'm from Vietnam there are not much historical places to see in Vietnam we just have some natural wonder. If you know Southeast Asia history or World History you would know that Angkor was the world largest city in the world 1 in every 1,000 in the world live there and it was the capital of the surrounding countries of Thailand, Lao, Southern Vietnam and part of Malaysia and Yunnan China
Well Cambodia's entire population is Bangkok's and the surrounding cities. Vietnam's population eclipses Thailand's declining population even if you add Laos, and Cambodia. Vietnam has 3 major developing cities Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang, and Hanoi versus Thailand who has only one developing city Bangkok/GreaterBangkok. Also there so much one can do with the size of the country and how much coastline! Competition comparing the three Vietnam will always have the advantage and Thailand 2nd and 3rd Cambodia.
@@thuthach4665 kkkkk Việt Nam mà không có nhiều địa điểm du lịch lịch sử thì nước nào có bạn. Kì quan thiên nhiên thế giới thì đầy ra, chẳng hạn như Vịnh Hạ Long, vườn quốc gia Phong Nha kẻ Bàng, hang Sơn Đoong, Tràng An,.... Chẳng qua bạn chưa đi nên mới nói vậy thôi, đi nhiều để biết nhiều nè.
Love the current day tour of Siem Reap which is lookin' real good. My favorite places in the city center are Yellow Submarine Bar and Il Forno pizzeria. Siem Reap is loaded with lots of great places. Believe it not, I'm from America and the very best Western food I ever ate was in Siem Reap which is a most walkable one with excellent bars and restaurants. I really loved Charlies bar with the motorcycle above it, but I understand it's gone now. That was a lovely place for a beer, fish, and chips. It could be nice a very nice place to live picking up a few English classes on the side for some chump change, but the nonstop hassle put me off. I still like this very special place from a tourist perspective though.
I love Siem Reap., so chill after touring Angkor. Too bad about Miss Wong's. The old place was so cool. That was hang out when Pub St. got too loud. Thanks
I have to admit that this city is far better than majority of Indonesian cities by looking at the street and sidewalks alone. It's beautiful and calm, the sidewalk is wider than ours.
Cheers for the memories Jereon I used to eat in the restaurant on the corner of Street 9 the toilet has many photos of Tin Tin on the wall,,,peace and happiness as always Geff
Hi. I like your video. The fact that you concentrate on showing the surroundings and telling a little bit about it makes the video more interesting. I`ve seen so many travel-vlogs with people almost only filming themselves. Not that interesting. So thanks for posting these videos.
Hi thanks for showing Siem Reap . Very nice video . I remember a was there about 20 years ago , I remember the red piano there and I stay at the golden anker for 2 dollars . I need from Prasat ( surin ) 10 hours by car and about 8 years ago 4 hours . Have a nice evening and stay safe from Heidelberg Germany .
From Singapore too! Was there in May, awesome without large tour groups' noise but of course not good for locals. Rent a bike and go around, there are many great eating places and lodging just across the river and out the centre/pub street etc. Forget abt the souvenir shops in the centre's night market = aged tourists trap. Visit their local markets instead, the vibe is exciting, and the food is authentic !
Nice video, brings back memories, my last visit was in 2006, we used to go for dinner every night to what I think was called 'Blue Parrot Cafe', I remember the cocktails and the food, all in great atmosphere. Nice and vibrant city it was and I am sure it still is. The temples of course are such a beauty to visit. One sentence I still remember from all the little kids running around us: "Buy postcard sir? Only one dollar". Unforgettable.
Thanks for your video I love Siemreap as Cambodian because it gives you more space, quietness and friendly people around you. The original local seem to be more kind and honest. Anyway I grew up in Phnom penh and it's just not the same.
Great update on Siem Reap, thanks! I visited a few years ago and it looks pretty much the same, especially around Pub Street, with which I became very familiar! But it was good to learn about the new places and I'll be sure to check them out, especially Street 26 and Miss Wong's, should I return again soon. You mentioned traffic in the city and it causes me to remember how difficult it was, as a pedestrian, to cross the streets in Siem Reap because the traffic paid no heed to crossing pedestrians. I learned to just follow locals crossing the street and, perhaps being a little facetious here, to follow the local dogs when they were crossing the street.
@@tcdp9804 A bike is dirt cheap and you can give it away to someone when you leave so they can use it, not many hills at all in Cambodia apart from up in mountains. Siem Reap is a cyclist paradise.
@@nunya2036 You're right! I'll do that, too. Besides, a bicycle is less dangerous. Is there always a near village on the road? I will be greeting locals waving hands. Thanks a lot, friend!!
We had a driver in Siem Reap, i was suprised he drive not more then 40kmh and say, trafic jam. He was the brother of our guide. For all we paid 50$ per day
I was there in June, so much quieter than it was pre-covid. I hope it picks up soon for the country. I might drop back again in a few months and see how it is going. I just got back from Indonesia, which I was also in, back in June and it has really gone ahead in tourist numbers.
I was luck enough to spend a week there when the Chinese were locked at home, before international travel was really hit. Great time for visitors. Beginning of a disaster for the locals sadly.
❤❤❤ So nice to see Alexis in the video!!!❤❤❤ Siem Reap look so different.... I have several Blush dresses Alexis designed and I love to wear them and still get compliments for them.
Nice vid! We are going in a couple weeks, our second visit, first pre-convid. My wife (Japanese) really loved it. Me (American) wanted to see the Temples, having done that I was finished. I was looking for other stuff. I plan on visiting the Greek restaurant, thx! I crave some! None in Japan!
I haven't been to Siem Reap in almost 20 years. Totally unrecognizable. I thought it was expensive compared to Thailand. I'll bet it's crazy expensive now.
sort of surprised at all the French style buildings. I know the French has a presence in Vietnam but they had a pretty good influence in Cambodia as well. Thanks for the nice tour through Seim Reap, plan to get there someday.
@Chase Williams Yes, from what I learnt Khmer king at the time knew that Dai Viet(Vietnam) and Siam(Thailand) were thinking of invading Khmer(Cambodia) with a purpose to share the Khmer territories between both nations so, he made a deal with France to put Cambodia under its protectectorate preventing Cambodia from being washed off the map from the two neighboring nations. That was in 1863.
Seriously, you can not compare Bangkok with Siam Reap. Bangkok is a huge city with a lot of downside. The sidewalks are broken, the road are full of potholes, you have electric cables pending everywhere, the building are derelicted. Outside of the new shiny shopping mall, Bangkok is simply a huge dormitory place without any charms. Siem Reap on the other hand is stunning, beautiful, very impressive and very chic. You really feel yourself in the old and beautiful Asia.
Both Siem Reap and Bangkok are great places to visit. BKK has lots of charm, including the old, run down parts...which are generally the parts that have the most history and are the most interesting...and unlike most cities, even these parts are pretty safe in BKK.
@@parttimephilosopher7097in Bangkok, which part has the most history? Which one has the charms? Because Nearly 90 % of the city is completely run down.
@@SP-hr3uv There are still lots of interesting parts of BKK, but much of it is also becoming a homogenized city. If you really want to know, spend a few hours watchin Bangkok Pats videos www.youtube.com/@BangkokPat/videos. Some of the interesting parts of the city are modern, some are well known to tourists, but others are hidden away and related to different groups that have settled there and trade over the last couple of centuries, and some of the parks and cannels and different ways of life. Some times it can also be a bit depressing...but it's almost always safe...except for the traffic.
@@parttimephilosopher7097 i have no ideas what you talking about. I know extensively very well all Asia. I did live and work in Bangkok back in 2000's. At this time, the city for most of his part was completely run down. I was back in Bangkok just before the pandemic. Nothing did change in nearly 15 years. All the same decripit buildings. In Bangkok, there is not so much of museum, sightseeing or beautiful street/architecture/building. In simple words, the Thai did simply build a city-dormitory not the 7th wonders of the world like you pretend. If people are looking for the real soul of Asia. They will found it elsewhere than Bangkok/Thailand. Just my 2 cents.
Fun fact Jereon when I was in Siem Reap I had a drink in the Picasso bar with my friend and the chef from the raffles hotel was in there and told me to eat pig and not chicken,,,
Thank you so much for the shout out! Sorry to have missed you. Did you see they are doing up some of the canals in Siem Reap like they have in Bangkok? You'll have to return when they are finished to make an update. 🛵🙏🌴🏠🙂🙏
