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Siem Reap: Siem Reap Hotel Guide: Hotel De La Paix's Hidden Water Wonderland

ced138 — 2008-10-24T09:56:51-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/7156/pool_de_la_paix_1.jpg" class="imgborder"> A few weeks ago, we discussed the merits of <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/H%F4tel+de+la+Paix%2C+Siem+Reap/local/305">Hotel De La Paix</a> from afar. This week, we had the chance to step inside the hotel and snoop around. Despite a distinct feeling of inferiority like only the French can impose, the experience was pretty sweet. Our takeaway? Other than enjoying the avant garde installations in the hotel's swank lounge and discussing with a cocktail waitress the myriad wildlife living in the giant Bayon tree in the center of the hotel's courtyard, the thing we most enjoyed about the place was its pool. This thing is ridiculous. Hidden on the hotel's second floor, it has everything: a bridge, an infinity ledge overlooking the ground-floor courtyard,

Siem Reap: Cambodia Hotel Guide :: Siem Reap's Hotel De La Paix

ced138 — 2008-09-25T13:50:34-05:00

HotelChatter and Jaunted Contributing Editor Claire Duffett is now reporting from Cambodia and this week she is giving us the low-down on the hotel scene. Any questions about accommodations? Send 'em to us and we'll get them answered for ya.

Angkor Wat is Cambodia's penultimate symbol, source of national pride, and hottest travel destination. The network of ancient temples'--built during the height of the ancient Khmer culture and abandoned in the jungle during its decline--attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. Dozens of hotels in the nearby city of Siem Reap accommodate this steady influx.

Siem Reap: New York Times Continues Aggressive Coverage of Hotel Booze Beat

pbb — 2007-02-26T09:45:55-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/lapaix_siemreap.jpg" class="imgborder"/>It's rough out there for travel junkies and road warriors. All that time away from home, checking into hotel after hotel, staying in new cities: it's enough to make you want a stiff drink. Or, apparently, not:<blockquote>"Do you have nonalcoholic beer?" a guest asked a passing waiter. "Yes sir, we have beer," he was told. "But do you have nonalcoholic beer?" "Yes sir, we have beer," the waiter said again, politely gesturing toward the menu. "But do you have ... Oh, forget it. Bring me a beer."</blockquote>That's the latest word from Stuart Emmrich who checked into the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/H%F4tel+de+la+Paix%2C+Siem+Reap/local/305">Hôtel de la Paix</a> in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Wait, so a high level of service is now frowned on by