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04.06.2007, 04:09
SHIPS: Cambodia has only one sea port, Kompong Som. Tourists are not yet allowed to enter the country this way.
AIR: To Phnom Penh: Flights are available to Phnom Penh's Pochentong Airport from Bangkok, Hanoi, Saigon, Vientiane and Moscow (via Bombay). There is an airport tax of US$5 for international flights out of Phnom Penh. The staff at Pochentong Airport rarely speak English or French. Be prepared for problems and delays and make sure you arrive at the airport two or three hours before the flight.
Air Cambodia and Air Vietnam each operate a flight every week, one on Monday and the other on Thursday from Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam. Air Vietnam flies to Phnom Penh from Hanoi every Wednesday. Lao Aviation has two flights from Vientiane to Phnom Penh on Wednesdays and Fridays. Aeroflot flies twice a month from Moscow to Phnom Penh.
From the airport: Private cars or small buses can be hired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Tourist Office. Generally, visitors are met by an official guide from one of these organizations on arrival at the airport.
To Angkor: Flights are available to the town of Siem Reap, situated a few miles from the Angkor temples, twice a week. They cost US$43 each way. Cambodian Airlines is on Tuoth Samouth Street. For information about tours to Angkor, contact the General Directorate of Tourism on Achar Mean Street in Phnom Penh.
AIR: To Phnom Penh: Flights are available to Phnom Penh's Pochentong Airport from Bangkok, Hanoi, Saigon, Vientiane and Moscow (via Bombay). There is an airport tax of US$5 for international flights out of Phnom Penh. The staff at Pochentong Airport rarely speak English or French. Be prepared for problems and delays and make sure you arrive at the airport two or three hours before the flight.
Air Cambodia and Air Vietnam each operate a flight every week, one on Monday and the other on Thursday from Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam. Air Vietnam flies to Phnom Penh from Hanoi every Wednesday. Lao Aviation has two flights from Vientiane to Phnom Penh on Wednesdays and Fridays. Aeroflot flies twice a month from Moscow to Phnom Penh.
From the airport: Private cars or small buses can be hired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Tourist Office. Generally, visitors are met by an official guide from one of these organizations on arrival at the airport.
To Angkor: Flights are available to the town of Siem Reap, situated a few miles from the Angkor temples, twice a week. They cost US$43 each way. Cambodian Airlines is on Tuoth Samouth Street. For information about tours to Angkor, contact the General Directorate of Tourism on Achar Mean Street in Phnom Penh.