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hotel/hostel with backup power, etc. in siem reap

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Hello, this is for siem reap. We (2 adults) plan to stay in a hotel/hostel for a month or two until we get bearings. We need electricity for our online work. Generally 10 hours/work day.

Can anybody share their experience regarding backup power of hotels? It seems blackouts are not so much of a problem anymore and most hotels in the central area can provide them during the duration of the blackout even during March to June?

Our budget is generally from US$300 to 400ish.. maybe 500ish per month . We plan to stay in a fan room with windows on a higher floor (just from second floor up) as we generally have good experience with them in getting 3g signal in case wifi breaks (in the philippines anyway).

What is the general price range of a fan room of a hotel/hostel that has good backup power during blackouts. Sort of important too to allow us to cook in rice cooker (generally just to boil sweet potatoes and eggs -- staple food during work hours). Also pool. My partner likes to swim. Huge plus if the accommodation has good wifi signal consistency (just 3mbps at least). Recommendations will be highly appreciated.

Drinking water, are 5 gallon refills available in siem reap? how much do they cost? I understand some hotels offer unlimited water refills but most just give out 2 bottles on a daily basis? For both of us, we generally consume 7 liters of water per day so...

Thank you once again.
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so found the answers to my drinking water questions here: https://cambodiaexpatsonline.com/ask-the ... t9924.html

noob mistake..
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After a disastrous 5-day power outage a few years ago, most guesthouses no have generators.
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hanno wrote:. . . . . . most guesthouses no have generators.
I hope that's a typo, hanno!
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hanno wrote:After a disastrous 5-day power outage a few years ago, most guesthouses no have generators.
I remember that. Wasn't the whole grid taken out by a drunk driver taking out the main electrical poles into the city.

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kiwiincambodia wrote:
hanno wrote:After a disastrous 5-day power outage a few years ago, most guesthouses no have generators.
I remember that. Wasn't the whole grid taken out by a drunk driver taking out the main electrical poles into the city.

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kiwiincambodia wrote:
hanno wrote:After a disastrous 5-day power outage a few years ago, most guesthouses no have generators.
I remember that. Wasn't the whole grid taken out by a drunk driver taking out the main electrical poles into the city.

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Well yeah, they one between Thailand and the Siam Reap grid.
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kiwiincambodia wrote:
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kiwiincambodia wrote:
hanno wrote:After a disastrous 5-day power outage a few years ago, most guesthouses no have generators.
I remember that. Wasn't the whole grid taken out by a drunk driver taking out the main electrical poles into the city.

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Well yeah, they one between Thailand and the Siam Reap grid.
was that in 2013?
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2012 0r 2013. Town was completely packed, I had a management meeting in the hotel I worked in, and full house, it was stinking hot and I was shitting bricks.

I did not trust our two old generators to last for a week and ordered a huge back-up generator from PP. The truck obviously broke down in KT but made it just before the police erected a road block as you got into SR, stopping all vehicles with generators and asking for the import papers. Nobody had those, of course, and the coppers had a nice little racket going for the 4-5 days it lasted.
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wow five days, I imagined that would have been a nightmare..

So if most guesthouses have backup power now (even the ones 2km away form town?) I guess I should concentrate my search on which ones give the most consistent wifi signal, has upper floors (for better sim signal?) pool (or near one) and allow me to cook.

It seems pubstreet will be very noisy (for work) so will most likely search accommodation a little away from there.

How about serviced apartments? are there enough of them around? I assumed they also have their own backup power? Any of them offering short term accommodations or do most require 6 months to a year?

Any recommendations? personal experiences? thanks.
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