In recent years, traveling in Cambodia has become much less arduous than in years past with the continuous improvement of the roads. Buses, taxis and “Motodops” (abbreviated as moto’s) run at faster speeds and don’t have body shaking, odyssey teeth rattling for the most part. The main exceptions would be the Poipet to Angkor Wat route, voted the worst road in the world for over ten years, and the overland route to Sihanoukville from Bangkok via Trat Thailand. With more tourism, which has been growing in double digits for many years, flights and air routes to Cambodia have more potential passengers, which has increased competition, resulting in some of the cheapest flights in Cambodia in a long time. weather.
Cambodia’s buses, both minibus and large commercial buses, are becoming of higher quality, and new bus companies are forcing older companies to upgrade their equipment in order to compete. Taxis are also improving as the western tourist demands better quality, you can be quite sure of getting a taxi that meets a minimum standard which is much better than the old days. I remember one time the seat belt had been removed and secured behind the door frame molding rendering it totally useless, this type of modification was not unusual, neither was getting a massive headache in a mini bus due to the suction of exhaust gases for hours and hours from the open rear door.
“Moto’s” still tends to annoy tourists mainly because of the constant scams and now there are a lot of “took takes”. These guys are just as bad as the touk touk drivers in Bangkok and if you can avoid using one, you’ll be just as happy on your travels.
In Cambodia, cheap flights are now more common and there are more flights both within Cambodia and to the neighboring countries of Thailand and Vietnam and Singapore, which serves as a regional hub for discount flights.
As always in Cambodia, remember to be vigilant when traveling, if it seems wrong, many times it’s trusting your intuition and doing the smart thing.