travelling to Cambodia - tips?

I think all restaurants in Cambodia are baby friendly, because Cambodians are very friendly. Everywhere we went people wanted to hold our son and play with him. He was famous amongst staff in the restaurants around our hotel after a couple of days, everyone knew his name and played with him. Wherever you go, you'll be fine.

Have a nice trip!
 
Temples of Angkor - What are and are not accessible with a small baby?

Travelling to Siem Reap with my 11-month old baby and wondering if anyone had some tips for how many temples they managed to visit... are the far flung ones attemptable at all with such a small infant? Bantey Sreai, River of a Thousand Lingas?
 
We went to Bantey Sreai with our 6 month old and it was certainly do-able and well worth visiting. We did about 2 temples per day early in the morning and found that worked well.
 
Kimthong11,

We just got back from Siem Reap. Had a fantastic time. My LO is 8 months old and we also traveled with grandparents. We managed to do 3 big temples a day but it was slow going primarily because of the heat. (I think harder on the adults than on the baby!) We were going to do a farther out temple like Bang Meleay (sp?) but decided at the last minute not to because of too much time in the car but again, I think the constraint was the adults not the baby. We went the very easy route and hired a tourist van and driver that took us around. The van was air conditioned and very comfortable for five of us. We took the tuk tuks around town and loved riding in those but for the longer days, the van was perfect. If I was to do it again, I would have done the farther out temples with the van. Supposedly a lot of the roads out of town have been improved so the travel time is not as long as it may have been a year or so ago.

Thanks to the rest of you for all the Cambodia tips! We tried them all. Did not stay at the Shinta Mani but went there for lunch one day!
 
Hi all,
We are planning to go to Cambodia for CNY with our 12 month old. We were going to take our helper but airfares are so expensive at CNY that we might have to shelve that idea!

Did the places where you stayed provide baby sitting services? We would like to be able to go out for meals while baby is asleep.

Also, did you fly to Siem Reap or did you fly into Phnom Pen (sorry about the spelling!) and then transfer by car to Siem Reap?
 
We flew directly into Siem Reap from HK. As for babysitting, you may want to check around. We stayed at the Le Meridien and they would not provide babysitting services for below 2 years old because they said they were not accredited for it. I wonder if some of the smaller hotels may have been more willing though to provide.

The wonderful thing about Cambodia is that everyone is EXTREMELY baby-friendly!
 
Hi, we are heading to Cambodia for CNY on Thurs. We will be staying in a large resort in Siem Reap. My 14 month old is now drinking cows milk rather than formula. Will it be easy to get pasteurised and homogenised milk in Siem Reap or should I take a tin of formula as back up? I assume it's fine but thought I should check. Thanks ladies.
 
I don't know about availability of milk in Cambodia, but you could always take some packs of UHT milk as a back up if you have the space. Then you don't need to worry so much about the quality of the water.
 
sherwes: we are planning to go to Cambodia this autumn. Can u tell me which hotel/resort u stayed in Siem Reap. We have a31 month old boy.

thanks
 
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