A big thank you to all our staff & contractors for making The Siem Reap Hostel as great as it currently is and Thank You to all our guests & reviewers for loving it as much as we do.

Over the past week here in Siem Reap we have been spoilt for cultural events. First we were graced with a performance of Battambang’s renowned Cirque Du Cambodge, performing their “Phare” show. A night of acrobatics, tricks & laughs accompanied by an awesome band. A few nights later we were at the Angkor Children’s Hospital [...]

Rough Guides have had a poll on the friendliest people in the world. Guess where the Khmer people sit on the list? Check it out here: http://www.roughguides.com/gallery/the-friendliest-countries-in-the-world-as-chosen-by-you/#/0

Many of our guests consider volunteering whilst here in Siem Reap. There are some great organisations here doing some really good work. There are others unfortunately, that operate as a profitable business at the expense of the people they claim to be helping. We strongly suggest you do some research on the organisations you plan [...]

New Years Eve. Its always better in a foreign land, right? I’m sure many if not all our guests will agree. We had a great couple of days celebration. $1 dacquiris by the pool were the perfect warm up for what was to be a crazy NYE on Pub Street. Well Done to all our [...]

Wow. Gus & I have been here 3 months. And what a great 3 months it’s been. There was a lot for us to learn initially about how things work here in Cambodia. We’ve had some great events: regular pool parties, competitions on the pool table & most recently Xmas day lunch (which was an [...]