Comments on: PANDORA’S SIEM REAP TRAVEL TIPS (Tip 5) http://pandoraspace.com/2009/pandora%e2%80%99s-siem-reap-travel-tips-tip-4/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:22:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: pandora http://pandoraspace.com/2009/pandora%e2%80%99s-siem-reap-travel-tips-tip-4/comment-page-1/#comment-40 pandora Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:04:22 +0000 http://pandoraspace.com/?p=91#comment-40 Hi Zindy! You are the first person whom I do not know who posted a comment. Thank you. Your post put a smile on my face. I mulled over your comment about the Tuk-Tuk ride for some time and actually asked my friend Toe how much a Tuk-Tuk ride really costs. Toe said that a Tuk-Tuk ride costs about US $ 0.50. Padma and I paid our Tuk-Tuk driver, Tony, US $ 2.00 to bring us to nearby restaurant and pick us up after we ate. I hate to admit it, but you are right. We were had! On hindsight, I did not really see many Cambodians taking the Tuk-Tuk. I realize that a Tuk-Tuk ride is too expensive for them. According to Tony and our guide (whose name I cannot remember), the average Cambodian earns a little over US $ 1.00 a day. So, one Tuk-Tuk ride will eat up almost half his salary. I do not, however, regret taking Tuk-Tuk rides because, through Tony, I learned a little more about the Cambodian people. That Tony earned a little from us is alright. He shared with us his thoughts and that is priceless. I will, however, be sure to tell my friends to be wary of Tuk-Tuk drivers who charge too much. Hi Zindy! You are the first person whom I do not know who posted a comment. Thank you. Your post put a smile on my face.

I mulled over your comment about the Tuk-Tuk ride for some time and actually asked my friend Toe how much a Tuk-Tuk ride really costs. Toe said that a Tuk-Tuk ride costs about US $ 0.50. Padma and I paid our Tuk-Tuk driver, Tony, US $ 2.00 to bring us to nearby restaurant and pick us up after we ate. I hate to admit it, but you are right. We were had!

On hindsight, I did not really see many Cambodians taking the Tuk-Tuk. I realize that a Tuk-Tuk ride is too expensive for them. According to Tony and our guide (whose name I cannot remember), the average Cambodian earns a little over US $ 1.00 a day. So, one Tuk-Tuk ride will eat up almost half his salary.

I do not, however, regret taking Tuk-Tuk rides because, through Tony, I learned a little more about the Cambodian people. That Tony earned a little from us is alright. He shared with us his thoughts and that is priceless.

I will, however, be sure to tell my friends to be wary of Tuk-Tuk drivers who charge too much.

]]> By: Zindy Glifonea http://pandoraspace.com/2009/pandora%e2%80%99s-siem-reap-travel-tips-tip-4/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Zindy Glifonea Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:27:21 +0000 http://pandoraspace.com/?p=91#comment-31 Hey, great blog! Looks like it's really coming along. I haven't lived in the Philippines long so it's cool to read about things like the way they celebrate Chinese New Year here. I have to tell you though, I have been to Cambodia, and tuks tuks, while a very pleasant (if loud) and world famous mode of transportation, is a three-wheeled tourist trap! You got taken for a ride :( (pardon the old old OLD pun). I never knew a local who rode those things for anything else other than emergencies. Makes you wonder why we Filipinos don't do the same with our jeepneys so we'd have the funds to build a "real" mass transit system. But I digress. Great blog, great blog. Happy writing! Oh btw, tell your sister hi for me! Hey, great blog! Looks like it’s really coming along. I haven’t lived in the Philippines long so it’s cool to read about things like the way they celebrate Chinese New Year here. I have to tell you though, I have been to Cambodia, and tuks tuks, while a very pleasant (if loud) and world famous mode of transportation, is a three-wheeled tourist trap! You got taken for a ride :( (pardon the old old OLD pun). I never knew a local who rode those things for anything else other than emergencies. Makes you wonder why we Filipinos don’t do the same with our jeepneys so we’d have the funds to build a “real” mass transit system. But I digress. Great blog, great blog. Happy writing! Oh btw, tell your sister hi for me!

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