Phnom Penh

[Banana Boi]

Natty, this may change by the time you arrive but currently you still have to self isolate for 14 days at your own accommodation after you arrive if you test negative. If you test positive you will be quarantined at a government designated facility with all the other people who have tested positive to COVID. Wouldn't that be fun!

Anyone pulled the trigger yet and can let us know how they are monitoring the self isolation? Phone app GPS? Tracking device? Random checks in your room? I can see getting a hotel room in the middle of the action and going out to grab food and a girl pretty quickly before anyone even realizes you are gone. I'm assuming self isolation still means you are allowed to go out to buy food and water.

The other factor that is not discussed much is that any travel insurance you have is likely void if your national country has a travel advisory to the country you are traveling to. Heaven forbid if you need medical help in any SE Asia country to begin with.

Natty, as usual you are way too popular and we can't send you a PM.

[Nazgylg15]

I just received an email article from Trip Advisor titled "8 Countries Americans Can Visit Right Now". Of interest to me and perhaps some of you guys is that Cambodia was listed as 1 or the 8 countries! Here is a link to the article: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Articles...isit_now.html. And the relevant quote is:

"Cambodia is open to Americans right now, but it's not the easiest or most practical place on our list. You'll only find connecting flightsfrom hubs like Seattle, Dallas, San Francisco, LOS Angeles and New Yorkwith the stop at Incheon International Airport in South Korea.

Cambodia requires travelers to pay a $3,000 deposit upfront to cover any potential coronavirus-related cost. But don't worry, if you test negative for COVID-19 during the mandatory test upon arrival at the airport, you'll only be on the book for $160 of that. More information can be found at TourismCambodia.com. If you're still determined to check Cambodia off your bucket list in 2020, we can't blame you. ".

I think you missed the most important part -https://www.tourismcambodia.com/news...tine-tests.htm .

[Member #4698]

I just received an email article from Trip Advisor titled "8 Countries Americans Can Visit Right Now". Of interest to me and perhaps some of you guys is that Cambodia was listed as 1 or the 8 countries! Here is a link to the article: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Articles...isit_now.html. And the relevant quote is:

"Cambodia is open to Americans right now, but it's not the easiest or most practical place on our list. You'll only find connecting flights—from hubs like Seattle, Dallas, San Francisco, LOS Angeles and New York—with the stop at Incheon International Airport in South Korea.

Cambodia requires travelers to pay a $3,000 deposit upfront to cover any potential coronavirus-related cost. But don't worry, if you test negative for COVID-19 during the mandatory test upon arrival at the airport, you'll only be on the book for $160 of that. More information can be found at TourismCambodia.com. If you're still determined to check Cambodia off your bucket list in 2020, we can't blame you. ".

So I am thinking what the fuck! I like Cambodia, I like Phnom Penh, and I like Khmer girls. I checked the airlines and yes Delta / Korean Air has relatively short duration flights available. I checked dates for October 2020, January and March 2021 as my departure dates. I also checked out Phnom Penh hotels and found my favorites at pretty good discount from normal times. So if there is no quarantine for healthy arrivals, which I will have to check out very carefully before booking, I might just pull the trigger and spend a month or two in Khmer land. Anything is better than waiting around in south Florida for the vaccine and Thailand to open.

Of course if the Phnom Penh hostess bar scene has gone "quiet" again that is another story and I am back to waiting for the travel light to turn green IE the corona vaccine that will save mongering. It's like "Waiting For Godot."

[Red Kilt]

My friends who are still in Phnom Penh report that the bars have gone quiet again.

It seems that the very tight border restrictions and visa requirements have cut off the East Asian supply line so there are very few people around.

Anyone on the ground there able to provide an update apart from my sources?

[Red Kilt]

https://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075394...n-from-manila/

Either bad checking in Manila or they had fake health clearances.

[Betong]

It doesn't sound very practical to me either, but that's how it's being pitched to the bar owners. Anyhow the street as it is now is a crowded mess so anything they can do to make it a little more pedestrian friendly ought to be welcome.

[Sam Sanuk]

The authorities have evidently decided to try to turn the eastern end of St. 136 into a no-car Pub Street like the Siem Reap one. I wouldn't have quite believed it but the police are already going around demanding certain changes on the patios and awnings along the street. Construction has already begun, so it'll probably happen.

From another board, I'm not sure that is what the fuss is about. That is, I don't see 136 being turned into another Pub Street or Soi Cowboy. So far, it appears that there is an issue with signage and awnings encroaching on what might have been a sidewalk at one time. That encroachment plus all of the motorbikes parked in front of the bars makes for a crowded 1-lane street that must be shared by drunk pedestrians, motorbikes and vehicles and vendor carts.

Another reason I don't see the street being closed is that the Lux Hotel has a driveway from the street to it's parking garage and the front of the hotel is reserved for tour buses.

SS.

[Betong]

The authorities have evidently decided to try to turn the eastern end of St. 136 into a no-car Pub Street like the Siem Reap one. I wouldn't have quite believed it but the police are already going around demanding certain changes on the patios and awnings along the street. Construction has already begun, so it'll probably happen.

[Rick Rock]

not so easy for guys on a budget

Few if any countries are interested in "guys on a budget. ".

That's why there are investor visas in most countries, but homeless visas in none.

[Rick Rock]

Well spoken! With rules like this, who wants to visit? There is just so much bullshit right now you have to wonder if the people in charge are in their right minds! Open it completely or keep borders closed until all this BS is over!!

The borders are not open to tourists. So they probably don't want you to visit anyway.

The borders have been opened with conditions for those with a burning need to enter the country, meaning businessmen, health professionals, workers, residents and citizens.

[Rick Rock]

Cambodia and Vietnam are side by side. Why are Cambodian women so much darker (on average) than Vietnamese women?

It's sort of like asking why Boers are whiter than Bantus.

Vietnamese people originated in China. Later they migrated to the area round Hanoi. Hanoi is 1000 kilometers from the most northern part of Cambodia.

The Vietnamese didn't conquer the Mekong Delta near present day Cambodia until the Siamese-Vietnamese War of 1831–1834.

Khmer people have been in Cambodia since at least 2000 BC. So they were in the area 4000 years or more before the Viets arrived.

[Nounce]

Hello,

Cambodia and Vietnam are side by side. Why are Cambodian women so much darker (on average) than Vietnamese women?

If you observe all of Vietnam geographically, you will find out this observation is not correct. Also today's map of Vietnam is very different from 100 years ago.

[Sammon]

Hello,

Cambodia and Vietnam are side by side. Why are Cambodian women so much darker (on average) than Vietnamese women?

Cambodia culture is influenced heavily by India. So they are darker Indians mixing with locals. Vietnamese on the other hand are heavily French, Chinese and local mix.

[BJtemp]

Hello,

Cambodia and Vietnam are side by side. Why are Cambodian women so much darker (on average) than Vietnamese women?

[Aviator12]

I wouldn't risk trying to get into the country either. It isn't just mongers who will say fuck it. Commercial tours are being cancelled also. All travel and tour related businesses are affected. Hotel staff like maids, door men, kitchen workers get laid off. They are among the lowest paid already. Now they are getting any pay. The possibility of a Covid quarantine is enough by itself to cancel my plan for this year. The $3000 "deposit" is likely to be just a down payment; try to get it back. I trust Hun Sen about as far as I can throw him.
SS.

Well spoken! With rules like this, who wants to visit? There is just so much bullshit right now you have to wonder if the people in charge are in their right minds! Open it completely or keep borders closed until all this BS is over!!