May 17, 2012

What to Buy in Siem Reap

There’s a variety of products that you can buy in Siem Reap. The “shopaholics” will definitely enjoy shopping here due to the low cost of goods and the variety of unique finds.

Here are some nice products of the products that I’ve seen in the markets:

wood carvings


Buddha Wood Carvings

carvings
Temple Guards Carvings

artworks
Angkor Inspired Paintings

relics
Relics (Replicas or Authentic)

krama
Krama (Cambodian Scarves)

recycled goods
(Bags, Purses, Wallets etc made of Recycled Materials)

hammock
Hammock

tea and spices
Spices

tea
Tea

bagsdesigner clothes
Designer Clothes, Bags, Accessories at Poetry (A Filipino owned boutique in SR)

There’re still multitudes of shopping options available here in Siem Reap. Another interesting thing that I found out is (Original) Apple Products seem to be cheaper here than in other places in Southeast Asia. Itouch is at $229 which is the same prices as in US.

You’ll also find a lot of bags, shoes and other leather goods made of crocodile skin. Crocodile farming seems to be an industry here in Cambodia. Our guide mentioned that a lot of families are raising crocodiles for export to other countries.

Gemstones seem to be also abundant here but I do not really know how to tell a fake from the real ones.

There’s a lot of books about Cambodian Literature but be careful of fake books, some are badly photocopied and almost unreadable.

Enjoy shopping in Siem Reap. :-)

Are you thinking of going to Siem Reap? Click here to check out some hotels in Siem Reap or cheap flights to Cambodia.

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Comments

  1. Nice memories. I couldn’t buy much in Siem Reap as I was backpacking on to Vietnam. Definitely going to pop back over and shop though.

  2. Ed says:

    great place to buy scarves for my officemates! it can go as cheap as a dollar fifty per scarf! :D

  3. nice. i liked shopping in siem reap and i don’t even consider myself a shopaholic. a lot of good stuff. and the vendors are nicer (definitely much nicer than in vietnam). haha.

  4. Lifeisacelebration says:

    Those gems used to sell for US$5 a handful. Loose stones. Till they realized there’s more money to be had by settting them and selling as a set–paired earrings + ring+ pendant, etc. In 2010! I spent us$60 for 8 sets! Ladies, they also have nice silk dresses that are cheaper than in Thailand.

  5. Stephen says:

    I bought way too many t-shirts in Siem Reap.

  6. Steve says:

    I remember what I bought in Siem Reap. I got a hand carved sandstone wall-hanging of the Bayon faces. I still have it hanging on my wall in fact.

  7. I am so happy for this Flip! I wanna get those scarves and then those mask. Like u have any idea how much will it cost me?

    • flipnomad says:

      the scarves doc mga $2 each yung iba $1.50… you can definitely haggle :-) i dont know the cost of the wood carvings :-)

  8. I want that ‘Hey lady, you want Tuktuk’ bag. =))

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