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SIEM REAP
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FAST FACTS: SIEM REAP
Internet Access Small storefront offices surround the central market area. On
the main street, try E-Café, No. 011 Siwatha Blvd., an air-conditioned facility with
speedy connections, for just over $2 per hour, by far the best in town. Phsar Chas
Netweb, on the northwest corner of the Old Market (& 012/461-849), is typical
of the many others in the Old Market area. It’s just $1 per hour for relatively
speedy dial-up service, and they can connect you to your home country with
Internet phone for next to nothing, or you can borrow a cellphone for in-country
calls. Almost all Internet shops can burn CDs if you need to empty your camera’s
memory card. Also try the shops just adjacent to the Red Piano. Most are open
early to late (7am–midnight). If you have a Wi-Fi capable laptop, you can connect
using prepaid PIC cards at the FCC restaurant, the Raffles Grand and Sofitel
hotels, as well as at the Angkor What? bar among others. Le Tigre de Papier,
the Blue Pumpkin, and Molly Malone’s offer free Wi-Fi access to customers.
Post Office The post office is on Pokambor Avenue at riverside near the town
center (next to the FCC; see “Where to Dine,” earlier in this chapter). It’s open daily
7am to 5:30pm and can handle foreign and domestic regular and parcel post.
Telephone The city code for Siem Reap is 63. Most hotels have international
direct dialing (IDD), but many of the Internet cafes around the Old Market have
better rates and offer callback service or Internet phone services.