Planning Your Journey To Cambodia: Means And Modes

Before planning your trip to Cambodia certain factors must be kept in mind; your passport must be valid for six months as Cambodian authorities will not issue you a visa if your passport expiry date any date before the next six months.

Always make sure that there is ample space on your passport as visa alone takes a one page detail; so it is advisable to add extra pages to your passport. Usually a new passport is issued to the tourist if the pages are less. The process is both costly and time-consuming as you have to go to Bangkok for applying for a new passport.

If in any case, you lose your passport, it really becomes a nuisance. So keep an extra copy of it with you while traveling.

When you decide to buy airline tickets, then it is better to browse around as direct purchasing is costly and it will be better if you reserve a seat before time because price escalates when there is no booking.

Holiday periods like Christmas always raise the prices of airline tickets but the cost decreases during low the business periods like the period ranging from July to October.

You will not experience any difficulty while going to Cambodia via Thailand. People who are traveling from Bangkok can buy their tickets from the Banglamphu area.

If you are purchasing airline tickets in Cambodia, Agents of Phnom Penh are very helpful. There are offices in Siem Reap also which offers you tickets at affordable prices especially for people traveling in long duration flights and business class.

If you are traveling through Vietnam there is a river crossing between Cambodia and Vietnam near the Mekang River. Boats for travelers are also available in Chao Doc in Vietnam and Phnom Penh. Though road travel is preferred by many tourists but there are many lavish boats for passengers near Angkor Vat temple.

Earlier travelers were not allowed to enter or exit Cambodia via the Bavet Mac Boi border crossing which leads to Vietnam but now there is some relaxation in rules. Its only recently that many routes have been opened for travelers through Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. But these routes serve the purpose of business trading rather than border crossings for tourists. If you want to grab some more information on border crossing of Cambodia, you can search for the specific sources online.

Buses also ply to Cambodia through Vietnam. People who want to travel by bikes and cars require insurance documents and international license from the authorities of Cambodia. It is difficult to bring a car here but bike is convenient if you have the vehicle passport. Vehicle passport saves you from the problems at Cambodian custom checking.

It is better to respect the Cambodian culture and foreign tourists should not wear short clothes in the temple as the locals might take this act of yours as an insult to their God. Carrying a book that translates the Cambodian language into your mother tongue will be a good option so as to avoid any hassles.