Anyone heading for the Angkor Photo Festival?

Hi Rony,
I’ll go there as well, see you then (and I ll fly thru KL… sorry not to join ur ride)
Best, Laurent

Rony,

I’m heading same place, same way for the same reasons. What date you leaving BKK? Jason

Hi Jason,

My flight will arrive on 15th midnight. So probably I will be heading to the border on the 16th early morning. I think the train to the border is leaving at 05.55 am.

I’m looking forward to my two weeks in Cambodia, showing photos of the Nepal Civil War. Apparently the photos will be blown up and projected on the side of a hotel. Hardly your typical south Asian vacation package, but then again, I wouldn’t flap my wings for 26 hours from Los Angeles if I didn’t think this was something special.

I think you’ll find a lot of festival attendees and participants on Lightstalkers – I’ve spoken to a few already.

P.S.
I hear Siem Reap’s fried spiders are the cat’s meow.

will anyone be leaving london for angkor and willing to carry some equipment? two small bodies and a tripod?

i’ll be doing the same route bkk to aranyapratet but have
to leave by the 15th as visa expires. cheers everyone, see
you there.

Hi, i will also be flying through KL.

Hey guys,
i’ll be leaving on Airasia flight from KL on the 16th.anyone on the same path? btw, Looking forward to meet you guys there!

I’ll be there from 17th to 29th so should be around in the evenings.

Hi! I’ll be there 23-27th. Coming from LA via PP. Looking forward to meeting all attendees

I’ll be there too, but a bit late. Nov 27th and 28th.

Hello everybody,
I will be there for the entire festival period as well. Planning to travel around Cambodia/Vietnam/Laos from 29th Nov to 14 Dec. Anybody else staying back and wants to join me would be very welcome !!

I’ll be there the 23-29th

say hello to christophe,. my best wish for all of you who will have a great time!

Don’t forget to bring a passport photo if you take your visa at Pnomh Pen or Siem Reap airport.
The address of the festival center is:
Carnets d’Asie
333, Sivatha Road
Siem Reap
Looking forward to meet you all!
Françoise

Will be spending a couple days in Bangkok, 15th and 16th November, before heading over to Phnom Penh and then Siem Reap. Anybody up for a few beers in Bangkok on 15th evening, and Phnom Penh on 16th november???
Cheers,
Ajay.

i will there at 17th, see you then!

Guys dont worry about anything… u’ll be having Angels all around.

I’ll be there as well — looking forward to it.

There are buses from Bangkok straight to Siem Reap. It takes about 12 hours.
No need to stop in Pnomh Pen.

The normal fare is around 20$. For the visa it’s always better to take it at the embassy. Sometimes they make problems at the border it’s a question of luck…

Sir is a woman

That too an Angel.

I admit it’s difficult to know just looking at my portrait…

Francoise, where are u staying? They got me a room at the Tara Angkor, should be arrivng by 7pm on the 23rd. Will shower and head out…..

Sailendra: are you coming to the Festival? What dates? I’ll be there for the whole thing. It will be great to see you again. Kantipur will be well represented.

Francoise: Don’t lie. I have a good portrait of you lounging around your African sculpture.

Will be arriving Siem Reap from BKK on the night of the 17th. See you all there!

Stuart, on 23rd at 08.00pm there is a street party in front of Mc Dermott Gallery.
Everybody will be there.

“on 23rd at 08.00pm there is a street party "

What a way to start!

Francoise:

Mince alors, je ne suis pas invitee a la fete,..qui va te rouller les cigarettes si je ne suis pas invitee…? Mais je dors ou?

bises tres forte je suis tres triste de devoir attendre la prochaine occaz,..(et j’adore le Merci Monsieur, hahahhaha)

VERA: C’est toi qui a refusé notre invitation, tu vas nous manquer d’ailleurs.
Change tes plans, prends ton billet et viens. Françoise

hello
anyone travellin from bbay to siem reap?
m comin for the free photo workshop.
am talkin a flight on 17th early morn frm bbk- siem reap.

lookin fwd to see u there.

ps: anyone knw where the participants r put up??

Hi Tunali, I am travelling from Bombay to Siem Reap, but I am going through Bangkok and then Phnom Penh, rather than taking the monopoly Bangkok airways flight to Siem Reap. will me meeting Seema at Bangkok airport for the flight to Phnom Penh. See you there!

Cheers! Looking forward to the festival!

@ Ajay:
When u reachin Siem Reap?? We can meet at the Airport then?

@Tunali: I will travelling by bus (with Seema) from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. So I wont be at Siem Reap airport. If you are going to be in Bangkok on 16th morning/afternoon, then I can maybe meet you in Bangkok. I take the 15:10 Air Asia flight out of BKK on the 16th.

Hi Tunali,

I will be going to SR as well for the workshop.

Taking an early train to the border on Nov 16th.

See you there.

@Rony: I sent you a PM earlier. You going to be in BKK on 15th night?

hey rony!
lookin fwd to see u there :)

@Ajay

I’ve just read it. Unfortunately no, but will be there after midnight. Probably will stay at the airport for a while before going to the train station (Hua Takhe or Hualampong).

Hi Guys,

Look forward to meeting you all, I arrive on the 16th morning at SR. Going to be taking part in the workshops, coming from Sri Lanka.

Alefiya

hi Sailendra,

You can get a bus to reach Siem Reap from Khao San Road but I wouldn’t recommend that, a lot of scams according to stories.

Another way, you can get a bus from the Morcit Bus Station to Aranyaprathet Border. From the Poipet (Cambodian Side border) you can take a bus for $10 to SR or a shared taxi.

See you there,

Rony

Thanks Rony……

Very excited to meet you all…..

im leaving on 16th..cant wait to be there.meeting all you guys!

im counting on a visa on arrival at teh siem reap airport.
it isnt tough to get one right? the invitation letter i received from the festival shd be enough? or shd i not produce that at all, bearin in mind im applying for the tourist visa?

it wd be a bummer to fly all the way and be sent back home!

Hi Tunali,

I don’t think it would be a problem. I hear you can get a visa without much fuss. I just hope they dont harrass us about the equipment we will be carrying etc. Supposedly you need 2 photos for the US20 tourist visa, so might want to go handy with them. I also think you can apply for the visa in New Dehli. Call the ND consulate and check.

Ciao,

Alefiya

hey alefiya

its too late to apply for the visa now. it takes 3 days to process.

so i guess ill have to rely on v.o.a. and just hope for the best!

anyone reaching siem reap airport on 17th morning? We can hitch a ride to the fest?

also, is anyone flyin frm bkk- siem reap on 17th early morn? like 7 30am?

will be great to have company…

Francoise:.. je suis en train de faire un program intensive pour faire des films,..malheureusement ca tombe pas au bon moment. Promis l’annee prochaine je remplace christophe (eh ehe .. seulement pour la fete).
A bientot a Paris ou a bali

Vera, on t’attends donc en 2008. Je vais te faire signer un papier…
Je vais à Bali en Juin. Sampai ketemu lagi.

I’m not sure if I’m too late to help you Sailendra, but there is a 6:20 am train from Hau Lamphong in BKK to Aranya Prathet, its really cheap something like 45-60 baht if I remember and it takes about 6 hours. You can take a tuktuk from there for the short distance to the border and then get your visa. there is an ATM on the cambodian side where you can withdraw USD$.
depending on how well the cambodian border guard did at the casino on the weekend you can pay anywhere from $10-$20USD extra on top of the $20USD visa. from there I think it was usually about $10usd on a minibus to siem reap on a really shitty road.
have a good one

Hi Frens,
I will be travelling for Siem Reap on Nov.17 @ 7 am by bus and i will get the ticket from PILOT PURELY TOUR LTD., PART 139 Khaosan Road (about middle street on the left)
This Tour belongs to the Khaosan Palace Hotel…. So, any fren travelling on the same date and time in the morning of Nov.17…. Will love your company….

Francoise: je signerai avec mon ame.. tout pour la photo et l’amitie!!! good luck, (je note pour juin) bises fort

Hey, overland travelers (Thailand to Siem Reap), all you need to know (but might not want to know) is exhaustively written up here:

http://www.talesofasia.com/cambodia-overland.htm

Safe travels!

Thanks for those informations Christopher. I’m a little bit too busy to act also as a travel agency…
See you soon.

Hey Sailendra, you should just go to the eastern bus terminal in BKK. It will be cheaper and the bus won’t stop at the driver’s brothers restaurant for an hour. never understood how those khao san road buses are always full when the gov’t bus is cheaper and usually dead empty

Hi everybody. I’m currently working on assignment in southern cambodia. I can spend only 2 to 3 days in Siem Reap before going back down south and then to bangkok (flight back to europe)? Any advices about the best moment to go to the festival? Thanks.

Hi Susanna, try to come around 24th, it’s waterfestival and full moon.

Thanks a lot. I can manage to have two days off.