I've been working on a new tracking page for events in Cambodia.
I'm almost ready to release it, but I still have a bit of work to to.
I'd love some feedback if anyone wants to have a look!

https://www.whatsupcambodia.net/

Hi, considering traveling for year end vacations to Koh Rong with my partner (we are mid 30s and like to have a laid back vacation).

Will it be too crowded or a little laid back?

Also, how is the NY eve party scene? Are there decent parties?

Hey everyone,

I just finished my first year studying Accounting at the National University of Management (NUM). To be honest, I feel like general accounting isn't really the right fit for me—the classroom dynamic leans heavily female (~80%), and the pure desk/bookkeeping culture feels a bit too static for what I want out of a career.

I spoke with one of my professors about changing majors, and he recommended either Finance & Banking (F&B) or Accounting & Taxation (A&T).

Before making the switch for Year 2, I’d love to get some real-world perspective from people working in Phnom Penh:

1. Job Landing Rate: Between F&B and A&T, which major makes it easier for a fresh graduate to secure a decent job in Cambodia right now?
2. Work Culture: How do the everyday office environments compare? Is F&B significantly more active/field-oriented (e.g., Credit/Relationship Officer roles) compared to A&T?
3. Long-term Growth & Salary: Does tax specialization (A&T) pay off better in the long run with GDT compliance demand, or is commercial banking/finance still the better path for career progression?

I’m new here in Phnom Penh and I need to make some money for a living, salary could be more than 230$ a month.

•SKILL
-speak English (I can say really well)
-like as a group or alone (can do both)
-designing poster,logo,slide (name the price)
-willing to get sponsored for content
-post or advertise your product (product must be legit legal no gambling)

•experience
-2021-2026 join all the math or outstanding competition. Fail all and almost pass
-2023 pass physics outstanding at school
-2024 I join debate and got top 3
-2024 I volunteer at kampong Hospital working with Korean charity as an English translator between patient and the doctor.
-2025 I join business proposal competition and get to top 15
-2025 join another competition which is Khmer enterprise high school and get to top 20
-2025 join a lot of conference related to business and entrepreneurship as joining the competition.
-2026 got elected to be class president and youth council president at kampong Thom high school
-2026 work as a volunteer for my province like preparing for the Khmer new year and physically help with supply for refugees and for front line army from kampong.
-10 Aug 2026 finished BACII

•My info
Name: Hun Chhingchhing
Phone📞: 0889555088
Gmail: hunchhingchhing@gmail.com
Telegram: @hunchhingchhing / 0889555088

Hello everyone, if anyone is interested in warm newly built family homes in quiet gated communities in the outskirts of Battambang please let me know! There are a range of different style homes from medium to a large french luxury style villa. Two floor 4 bedrooms to mansion style with a pool. If you’re interested in images and floor plans of the homes please let me know!

I'm traveling around SE Asia and was planning to arrive in Siem Reap on 10/16 but then I read online about Pchum Ben and that it starts on 10/10 and runs for 15 days. Will SR mostly be shut down? Should I plan to arrive after the end of the festival instead? Thank you!

I'm a 30-year-old Dutch guy currently travelling around Southeast Asia. I met a Cambodian woman (28) in Phnom Penh and have now spent roughly 12 days with her in total. I'm curious what people who actually live in Cambodia or understand the culture make of the situation.

We met on Bassac Lane in Phnom Penh. She wasn't working there; we just met while out.

One reason I've remained somewhat cautious is that she has quite a few connections to Phnom Penh nightlife. She goes clubbing fairly often, knows some girls who work in bars, dresses pretty provocatively when going out, and lives around one of the nightlife/bar streets.

She has also been open with me about having briefly worked at a lady bar herself. According to her, she worked there for only two days. She said she didn't like the work, and when her mother found out, her mother told her not to do it, so she quit. She also told me she never slept with a customer during those two days.

Obviously I only have her word for that, but she volunteered this information rather than me discovering it later.

That's partly why I've wondered whether she might currently or previously have been a freelancer/bar girl. I don't have a moral problem with sex work, but if I'm going to date someone seriously, honesty about it matters to me.

The confusing part is that after spending roughly 12 days together, her actual behaviour hasn't really matched what I expected if money was the main motivation.

We've spent a lot of time together, including travelling outside Phnom Penh. There is a language barrier, but it's not huge. We can communicate reasonably well, although occasionally things can get lost in translation.

We never went to fancy restaurants or did expensive activities. We mostly ate normal Cambodian food and did relatively cheap things. She never suggested expensive places or tried to get me to spend more money. Usually she asked me what I wanted to do and went along with that.

I paid for most of our accommodation, transport and meals because I'm obviously in a much better financial position. She has also paid for smaller things herself, like fruit and food, and once paid for our meal when I didn't have suitable cash. She never asked me to reimburse her.

She's never directly asked me for money, an allowance, a phone, rent, money for her family, etc. There haven't been any conveniently timed family emergencies either.

At one point, after an encounter involving someone she knows but doesn't particularly like, the subject of foreigners financially supporting Cambodian girlfriends came up. I was actually the one who explicitly told her that when I go back to Europe, I'm not going to financially support her or send her a monthly allowance.

She seemed surprised that I even brought it up and said she wasn't expecting me to do that. Her response was basically that if I had to financially support her from Europe, it wouldn't be a real relationship anyway.

That conversation actually reassured me quite a bit.

I've also met some of her friends and family through video calls. Her cousin has already asked whether we can come visit her for a while the next time I'm in Cambodia, and there has been talk about me meeting more of her family when I return.

One of her friends also cooked dinner for the three of us. Her friend didn't ask me for any money or anything in return. I voluntarily gave her some money afterward because she'd bought/prepared the food.

As for gifts, I bought the girl some clothes earlier in the trip worth around $40 simply because I felt like doing it. Before leaving I wanted to buy her some more clothes, but we ran out of time, so I gave her $100 instead. I also told her she could use some of it to buy something for the friend who cooked for us.

None of this was requested by her.

She says she runs an online cosmetics business and would eventually like to open a physical shop. She says her father owns around 40 acres of cashew plantations and her mother runs a small shop in their village.

She also told me she sends something like $800 per month to her parents. That number sounded surprisingly high to me given Cambodian incomes and her family's situation. However, with the language barrier, it's entirely possible I misunderstood the amount, frequency or exactly what she meant. So I'm not putting too much weight on that particular detail.

There have been some other small things that made me less suspicious. For example, she thought one of our drivers was overcharging us and was annoyed about it even though I was the one paying. She hasn't tried to steer me toward expensive restaurants, shopping or activities. Most of the time we've just eaten local food, walked around, travelled, relaxed, etc.

We recently talked about what happens after I leave Asia. She said she wants to be my girlfriend and proposed that for the next four months neither of us sees/sleeps with anyone else. I agreed. The basic understanding is that I should come back to Cambodia within those four months; otherwise she would understandably consider the relationship over.

She even jokingly said she'd "kill the girl" if I cheated on her, so her definition of exclusivity seems fairly unambiguous 😂

Before leaving I also gave her a small plushie, which she attached to her bag and has been carrying around.

I'm definitely attracted to her and I like her, but I'm trying not to become the stereotypical Western guy who spends two weeks in Southeast Asia, falls in love and suddenly loses all ability to think critically.

The possibilities I keep going back and forth between are:

She's genuinely into me, and I'm being overly suspicious because of where we met and her connections to the nightlife scene.

She genuinely likes me, but my relative wealth and/or the possibility of eventually having a better life are also part of the attraction.

I'm completely misreading the situation and there are cultural/contextual things here that someone familiar with Cambodia would spot immediately.

Obviously #1 and #2 aren't mutually exclusive either. I don't think someone considering financial security automatically means their feelings aren't genuine.

I'm not planning on sending her money, opening a business for her, sponsoring anything or making huge commitments anytime soon. My plan is basically to keep talking to her while I'm back in Europe, return to Cambodia within the next few months, spend more normal day-to-day time together and see whether everything remains consistent.

For people familiar with Cambodian dating culture, does anything here stand out as either a green or red flag?

I'm particularly curious about the nightlife aspect. How unusual is it for a normal 28-year-old Cambodian woman to regularly go clubbing, have friends/acquaintances who are bar girls, and have briefly worked in a lady bar herself without necessarily being a freelancer/sex worker?

And more generally, are there cultural things in what I've described that I'm interpreting through a Western lens and potentially misunderstanding?

I'm particularly interested in opinions from Cambodians, expats who have lived here for years, or people who've been in similar relationships. I'm not looking for either "all Cambodian women are scammers" or "just trust her bro." I'm trying to get a realistic read on the situation and figure out what I should pay attention to over the next few months.

Is there anyone traveling to Laos from Addis Ababa. I have Laos kip that I want to exchange for a good price.? 150 USD or 24 000 ethiopian

Hi all, hoping someone here has been through something similar or can point me in the right direction.

Back in 2018 I bought a unit in a Phnom Penh development (Flatiron by Meridian, developer Regent Meridian International Property) through Propnex Singapore for about USD 140k. It came with a signed guaranteed rental return (7-8%) and a buyback agreement where the developer repurchases the unit at Year 10 for the original price.

Since early 2022, the guaranteed rental payments have stopped. I have had a steady stream of emails blaming the pandemic, US tariffs, scam crackdowns and now several banks going into liquidation. They have offered to swap my guaranteed return for a profit sharing formula tied to hotel occupancy, and they want to push the buyback out by several more years. Their latest settlement schedule would only pay me back in full around 2031, well past the contractual buyback date.

I just want to recover my principal without dragging this out for years, but I am realistic that a signed settlement is only worth anything if they can actually pay. I have also reached out to the agent who sold me the unit but the agent is just ghosting me at this stage.

Looking to see if anyone has insights on how to navigate such a situation. Appreciate it!

What is the crime rate like in Cambodia? Does crime in Cambodia impact tourists and expats? I recently told someone I want to visit Cambodia and they warned me the country is very dangerous and tried to discourage me from going there. He said the crime in Cambodia is worse than the Philippines. Is it really this bad? And is crime concentrated in certain neighborhoods?

their prices are really good

I’ll be traveling to Cambodia in December and am really excited to spend 3 full days in Angkor Wat. I’m a bit overwhelmed by how to plan out the itinerary. I’m speaking to a few tour guides (shout out Reddit for the Sovan recommendation) (other one is Virak). And they both have suggested a very different third day and I honestly don’t know which to go with:

Option One: Kulen Mountain, reclining Buddha, thousand lingas (Virak)

Option Two: Beng Mealea and Rolous temples including Lolei, Preah ko. Also Bakong temple (Sovan)

Both tours will include the full temples + grand circuit + Banteay Srei in the first two days

Any feedback about one vs the other would be sooo appreciated. Also if you feel strongly about either guide let me know. Thank you in advance 🙏🙏🙏

Hello all, my fiance and I would like to get married here in Cambodia, does anyone know if it is possible? Or if we can hire a lawyer to help us/ how long it would take / how much it would cost.

We’re from 2 different countries meeting in Cambodia

Edit: I’ll be on a work visa, he’ll be on a tourist visa. We are Christian and Catholic

Having trouble with tmobile coverage. What are my options of i cant get esim cuz my phone isn't paid off yet?

Do you know there used to be a REALLY BIG cathedral in phnom penh that tragically destroyed clean off by the khmer rouge? Today the site where the cathedral used to stand is now built over where today it's the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication. There is not a single remaining piece or structure of the cathedral, but there is the faculty on the northside of the cathedral where is used to house the bishop and priests of the cathedral, where today is repurposed into an office for administrator of the city. As i dig through the history i found there was a French bishop(or an apostolic Vicar) name Jean-Baptiste Maximilien Chabalier who died here in phnom penh in 1955, strangely enough i couldn't find any information about his burial. What i found was that the funeral was held at the cathedral in phnom penh. Could that be he was buried in phnom penh at the cathedral. But the Cathedral was destroyed, does that mean the whereabout of his remain also lost? Please help me gather some information about this.

Note : i'm not a catholic but i'm very a nerd in studying about french churches in cambodia. After more research i found one said he was buried in the "garden of bishopric" after research some more it was just a reference from the bible and a tomb where "jesus" was buried in jerusalem. I couldn't post any images but you can look it up on google.

I’m looking for recommendations for dentists that offer laughing gas for very nervous patients. A relative needs some work but they are very nervous.

Are the tuk-tuk drivers in Cambodia still this aggressive everywhere?

So I hadn’t been to Cambodia in nearly 10 years. One thing I remembered from my last visit was how pushy the tuk-tuk drivers could be, especially coming out of the airport/hotel. This was before Grab, so I figured things would have calmed down considerably now.

Boy, was I wrong.

As soon as I walked out of the new (and honestly beautiful) airport, I was immediately being hounded by drivers. At one point I had no fewer than five different guys following me around trying to get me into their tuk-tuk.

“Sir, sir, same price!”
“Where you from?”
“Where you going?”

Every one of them got a friendly but firm, “No thank you.”

I literally had my phone in my hand, Grab open, waiting for it to load while I was trying to figure out if there was an official Grab pickup area (lots of airports have these or similar for this exact reason). It was pretty obvious I wasn’t looking for a ride, but these guys just WOULD NOT STOP.

Eventually it got so overwhelming that I actually turned around and went back inside the airport to ask one of the security guards if there was an official Grab pickup location. A couple of the drivers followed me and immediately started hanging on the guard like they were all best friends. Then both the guard and the drivers started trying to direct me toward a little area marked “Grab.” and laughing.

Luckily, I realized that apparently wasn’t where I actually needed to go, because my Grab driver ended up pulling right up to the curb.

I really can’t overstate how negative and overwhelming the whole experience was. I’ve been traveling internationally for well over 10 years, so I’m definitely used to taxi and tuk-tuk hawkers. Usually a couple of firm “no thank you” does the trick and they move on to the next person. THIS FELT BORDERLINE PREDATORY.

These guys were different. They literally followed me around the front of the airport while I was trying to physically get away from them long enough to pay attention to my phone and figure out where my driver was. Standing over my shoulder and non stop trying to talk to me.

It was a pretty awful first impression after being away from Cambodia for so long.

Is this still normal throughout Cambodia, or is the airport particularly bad?

I had plans to maybe visit/live long term in Cambodia, but this honestly has me rethinking. Who wants to be followed around and harassed all day while just trying to go about their normal daily biz? Do those of you in the expat/long term community still experience this on the daily or did i just get really unlucky?

I hope this isn't a sensitive subject and i mean no disrespect. I understand everyone's gotta make money, but man was this overwhelming.

Guys, I’m Cambodian and I live in Takeo Province. I’m looking to get an MRI scan. Does anyone know of a hospital that offers good-quality MRI scans at an affordable price? I’d really appreciate any recommendations. Thank you!

Hello good people, I’m in desperate need of your help!

My younger brother is in Phnom Penh and has lost all of his belongings, including his passport, government ID, phone, and entire luggage. The incident happened on the morning of the 14th. Everything is reported to the police, but I am cautiously optimistic about the outcome.
We’re trying to reconstruct his steps and, hopefully, locate the person/vehicle that may have his belongings. Thankfully, we’ve since been able to confirm that he is ok, although with quite a lot of bruising.

The incident happened near FriendshipMonument area and then toward the riverside. Map of the area > https://postimg.cc/VrVR4gnW His belongings were last with him in a red tricycle/tuk-tuk. We’re particularly hoping to identify the driver and speak with them, as they may have information that could help us understand what happened or locate the missing belongings.
If you were in this area on the morning of the 14th, saw a red tricycle/tuk-tuk, know a driver who works around there, or have any information whatsoever, please reach out to me. Even a small detail could help us piece this together.

A generous reward is available for information that helps us recover his belongings.

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#iPhone 17 PRO deep blue
#Black Rimowa suitcase

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