Favorite areas of Phnom Penh for living?
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Re: Favorite areas of Phnom Penh for living?
I'm midway between there and BKK market, but it's a bit too bland and residential for me. My landlady's family were having a gathering in the front yard and invited to join them for beer and frog cooked in various ways along with a side of home grown (shit free) greens So that was nice though. The deep fried battered whole frogs were quite good!Username Taken wrote:The area on the southern side of Sihanouk Blvd, between Monivong and 51 St / Wat Lanka. Lots of restaurants of varying tastes, bars, gym, walking distance to Lucky Supermarket on Sihanouk Blvd.
Still haven't decided exactly where I want to be either. I don't want to be in the middle of St 172 or anything, but it'd be nice to have local stores and daytime culture rather than a street of high fences and gates topped with razor wire.
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Re: Favorite areas of Phnom Penh for living?
If you're a Thong Lor guy, then BKK1, between Monivong and Norodom, is the (partial) answer. As far as I know, there's nothing like Prom Phong, Ekamai or Thong Lor in PP -- not even close.
Chbar Ampov looks like a nice area, and even looks relatively clean on the Google Streetview tour I just did. Just have to cross over the bridge to Superduper on 488 or TTP, or whatever.
Chbar Ampov looks like a nice area, and even looks relatively clean on the Google Streetview tour I just did. Just have to cross over the bridge to Superduper on 488 or TTP, or whatever.
Re: Favorite areas of Phnom Penh for living?
Chbar Ampouv clean...you've obviously never been over there. Closest 'Western' style supermarkets and bars are, as you said, across the bridge and down in TTP.
Re: Favorite areas of Phnom Penh for living?
Yeah that street doesn't sound like what I'm going for. I understand there isn't going to be Thai-level infrastructure. I'm just looking for the best area with coffee shops, grocery stores, gym, massages, and hopefully a book store. I don't really hate riverside, just wondering what the other popular areas are.timmydownawell wrote:I'm midway between there and BKK market, but it's a bit too bland and residential for me. My landlady's family were having a gathering in the front yard and invited to join them for beer and frog cooked in various ways along with a side of home grown (shit free) greens So that was nice though. The deep fried battered whole frogs were quite good!Username Taken wrote:The area on the southern side of Sihanouk Blvd, between Monivong and 51 St / Wat Lanka. Lots of restaurants of varying tastes, bars, gym, walking distance to Lucky Supermarket on Sihanouk Blvd.
Still haven't decided exactly where I want to be either. I don't want to be in the middle of St 172 or anything, but it'd be nice to have local stores and daytime culture rather than a street of high fences and gates topped with razor wire.
I see a lot of property ads for the Russian Market area.
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Re: Favorite areas of Phnom Penh for living?
deffo need to have a explore of some surrounding neighborhoods when i get back, im hoping not to get stuck in stuckville again
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Re: Favorite areas of Phnom Penh for living?
SHV seems like more of a place to vacation/retire/quietly run some organized crime. The Penh is a urban hellhole, but it's consistently weird and entertaining, if not always pleasant.Jamie_Lambo wrote:deffo need to have a explore of some surrounding neighborhoods when i get back, im hoping not to get stuck in stuckville again
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Re: Favorite areas of Phnom Penh for living?
I am living at GSM.
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I Do Not need Tuk Tuk.
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That's clever. What else can you do?
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Re: Favorite areas of Phnom Penh for living?
Unfortunately there is nowhere really desirable, its all pretty shit really. Jamie should really live in Daun Penh where the action is, for me I would probably go for there as well being young at heart. I lived for years in BKK1 but that was before the building boom.
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Re: Favorite areas of Phnom Penh for living?
i dont mind daun penh because ive spent a lot of time in that neighborhood and im familiar with it and its surroundings ive got my favourite noodle joints etc etc, i prefer not being too close to temptation though if i get my own placewillyhilly wrote:Unfortunately there is nowhere really desirable, its all pretty shit really. Jamie should really live in Daun Penh where the action is, for me I would probably go for there as well being young at heart. I lived for years in BKK1 but that was before the building boom.
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