We're headed to Vietnam and Cambodia in a few weeks. Your trip report was very helpful, THANKS! Do you recall the name of the apsara show in Siem Reap? The ones I looked into get very mixed reviews. Thanks.

The apsara show in Siem Reap is Koulen. The show is only about an hour, and it was entertaining. It includes a large international buffet dinner. My husband ate the food there; I did not. It only cost $12 US. (Afterwards we went someplace else to eat). If you decide to go here, I suggest that you actually go there earlier and select specific reserved seats and check out their location (near the front, if possible)! This is a large place. (Some people go to the apsara show at Raffles, I have heard). Enjoy - it was a fun evening!

So glad you had such a wonderful trip. You can see whay many of us here are addicted to SE Asia.

Your report was terrific! Sounds like you had a really wonderful time. How soon are you returning? (haha) The Asia forum on Fodors gives out some of the best and most courteous information for travellers, in my opinion. So glad "we" could all lend a hand in your preparations/planning.

Thanx so much for your kind words. I enjoyed writing the TR! It gave me a chance to relive the trip and savor some of our favorite parts, again. Yes, we both really had a fabulous time! Thanks again for all your expert advice.

As much as we'd love to return there next January, we can't allow ourselves that luxury because we have other places we'd also like to explore (and haven't yet been to).... It was a difficult decision. I am now in the midst of considering/planning a journey to India, with the wonderful help, of course, of many Fodorites. Hopefully, we'll return to SE Asia someday....

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