Things are even cheaper in Siem Reap than Bangkok. This includes accomodation.

You can rent hostels as little as 2.5 dollars a night. But in Siem Reap and rest of Cambodia, I recommend you to stay in hostels that are a little bit more expensive. For this case difference in price does tranlate to difference in quality. Better yet, book a private room.

Like in Bangkok you should pay attention to cleanliness and location. Location is especially important in Siem Reap because there are some temples you should definitely see at sunrise and sunset, so the timing is vital.  You can check hostels from www.hostelworld.com and also from www.hostelbookers.com, the two very useful hostel booking sites.

In Siem Reap, I stayed in Red Piano hostel with which I was very satisfied. It is right in the center of the city and is really clean and cheap.

By the way Siem Reap, the temple haven of South-East Asia, hosts the biggest religious building in the world: Angkor Wat (I’ll write more about it soon).

GregMazz 🙂