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                <title>Frangipani Villa to other travelers</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[My friends and I decided to stay at Frangipani Villa for five nights in early December and we had an enjoyable stay.<br><br>The small garden was a beautiful, peaceful and relaxing place to sit, chat, eat, or read. <br><br>My room had air conditioning, cable tv, internet connection, coffee and tea.<br><br>The restaurant served us bread and scrambled eggs, and we could also ask for fried noodles in the morning with no cost at all. <br><br>All staff were so polite to guests. <br><br>Frangipani Villa is located in the centre and is very convenient to go to the supermarket or other places such as Russian Market, Royal Place etc.<br><br>Overall I found this a great stay and would certainly recommend it to other tourists who would like to stay in Phnom Penh.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Capitol Guesthouse</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The places by the lake are backpackery, obsessed with drugs and Angkor beer. OK for a chilled-out day drinking and watching the lake, but paper-thin walls and minimal security did not make me feel safe. <br><br>I certainly wouldn't recommend it to lone women. If anything goes wrong (and it did with me) you will have absolutely no help whatsoever.<br><br>Capitol Guesthouse looks awful from the outside but on the inside it's scrupulously clean, has cable TV, private bathroom, air conditioning, good security (proper walls!) and all for about $8-10. <br><br>It also runs buses to Ho Chi Minh City, Siem Reap etc so it's very well located. You'll get off the backpackers trail just that little bit and experience much better levels of comfort, security and hygiene. And it's just round the corner from possibly one of the best and friendliest restaurants in Cambodia - Mama's.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Lakeside  Number Seven Hostel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Far and away the best hostel in Phnom Penh. Run and owned by Cambodians, with a relaxed atmosphere, cool bars and happy pizza next door. The clientele were a nice bunch when I was there.  <br><br>As the name suggests, the best thing about this place is that it is right on the lakeside - I spent many a happy hour swinging in a hammock watching Cambodian lake-life drift by.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Café Freedom</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This place is a mixed bag. It certainly has the best rooms out of the budget guesthouses along Boeng Kak Lake, and undoubtedly the best view of the sunset. A great place for a beer as the sun sets - only rivalled by the FCC. However, you must run the gauntlet of the Scotsman who runs the place (who is mad as a box of frogs) and his pack of growling dogs. <br><br>It's not for the faint-hearted, and Brian's mad jabber can get wearing, but it's definitely worth a visit. If only for the sunset.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Billabong Hotel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A small oasis of calm with a pleasant pool and lovely staff. Tasteful rooms. Great western breakfasts if you have been travelling a while and fancy a taste of home but good local food too.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Cambodia Pocket Guide</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[These are free publications with detailed listings of bars, restaurants, guesthouses, shops etc plus useful articles, maps and so forth. They are very handy for tourists and other newcomers to this rapidly changing city, where annually published guidebooks can be out of date almost as soon as they are published.<br><br>The guides are available at guesthouses, bars, restaurants and shops.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Boddhi Tree</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[The Boddhi Tree is a stylish, cosy guesthouse located opposite the Tuol Sleng genocide museum. Despite the location, it is a haven of peace with friendly staff and great food. The menu is unbeatable in Phnom Penh - breakfast, lunch and dinner are cooked fresh from local ingredients, all with a healthy, wholefood twist.<br>The rooms are all good value, and individually designed. Well worth the  prices.<br>The small atmospheric terrace garden is good in the evenings for a drink or two.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Walkabout Hotel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[If you've ever been stuck on the roof of a Cambodian boat with no sunscreen or hat, inhaling toxic exhaust fumes, and enduring this for over six hours, it's advisable to check into a hotel with air conditioning. A word of warning though: don't do what I did and check into the Walkabout Hotel. <br><br>Though it's close to a host of popular nightspots and has good amenities, the predatory working girls in the downstairs bar will not leave you alone. Unless you enjoy this sort of harassment, it's best to avoid the bar at all costs.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Foreign Correspondents Club</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Go at sunset, for the view of Wat Phnom from the back terrace, it's magical as the sun sets right behind it. <br><br>The food and drink is also some of the best in town.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Lazy Fish Guesthouse</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A cosy, friendly place on the edge of Boeung Kak Lake, pushed right to the end of a dirt road crammed full of backpacker's bars, restaurants and guesthouses. The perfect place to wind down after a hectic day's motorcycle taxiing, taking in the sunset from the veranda whilst chatting about travel, beer and home with other backpackers who seem to have been housed up here for their whole lives.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Lee and Lee Guesthouse</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[A chilled out and cheap backpackers guesthouse built on a pier over Boeung Kak lake. Angkor beer on tap and hammocks in the lounge upstairs for lazing around in, internet access and food available too.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Bougainvillier Hotel</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Right on the waterfront, this thin but tall hotel has great rooms and French cuisine only a couple of blocks from the Royal Palace and National Museum. The prices are a bit high for PP, but the quality is superb. No lift: stairs only. The top-floor suite with garden is wonderful, with a superb view and peace.]]></description>
                
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