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    The $5 Challenge in Phnom Penh – Cost of Living in Cambodia



    How much can you do for $5, which is 20,000 Cambodian riel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia? The answer is A LOT. Follow me as I make my way through the city of Phnom Penh as I spend an entire day on just $5. You’ll be amazed at how far $5 will take you in Phnom Penh, Cambodia! The cost of living in Cambodia is much lower than places in the West, such as America, Canada, the UK, Europe, and Australia. Let me show you! Enjoy my $5 challenge!

    Chapters:
    00:00 Intro
    01:12 Central Market
    03:40 Fried Rice
    05:36 Wat Phnom Playground
    06:32 Buying Water
    07:15 Wat Phnom
    09:46 Buying Coconut
    11:28 The Bat Tree
    12:22 Exercise
    13:37 Riverside
    14:53 Royal Palace Park
    15:20 Nam Pang Sandwich
    16:50 Outtro

    23 Comments

    4. Khmer Minsota on

      Playground across from Wat Phnom brought me back a lot of memories back to the early 60s as my parent brought us to play there all the time. The fruit bats on the trees were also there then with some wild monkeys playing around. Your exercise at the riverfront is killing me as I'm watching you. PP City was so peaceful then before the civil war started in 1970 with a few cars and a lot of mopeds and bicycles. I had to leave the country after surviving the genocide in late 1979 but most of my family members did not survive. I've returned to visit the country every year for the last ten years since my retirement and I agreed with you the US has become very expensive to live. I'll return in a few months to see my only surviving sister who still lives there. Thanks for sharing this to the world about Cambodia as the country has changed so much since I left. Happy travels and stay safe from Minnesota!

    8. Nomad Ape on

      looks like the price is almost similar to Jakarta. How safe is Cambodia for foreigner? Like can you walk alone at night safe?
      Thanks for the video, it gives us lots of information about how life is in Cambodia.

    9. Khmer Minsota on

      I also like to mention this if you have time to visit Euro Park in the Borey Peng Huot – Beoung Snor which is about 15 minutes drive out of the PP through Hwy-1 (Hwy1 – going to Vietnam ). It's also free just to drive through this well-known gated community through the main gate on the west side straight to the Euro Park in the middle of the community then drive around the loop to the east side through the residential shops and restaurants with Vietnamese Pho and Banh Mi for a $1.50. I met some of the foreigners who live and raise their families as well. This community is highly rated with the safety and living standard if you can afford to rent or even to buy a property. I checked the condo with two bedrooms was roughly about $400 to $500 a month there. Plus, you don't have to go to PP City as they have everything you ever need them like the international school, sport clubs, playgrounds for each divided gated community, and they are currently building their huge shopping mall there. Again, it is free to drive around and check each gated community just mention to the security guard that you are looking to move and live there and they will let you in. Check it out and you will like it!

    15. ALAN Love Beer on

      Hi Sir, new to yr channel..jt to compare living standard in Cambodia vs SG where I belong….$5 USD r jt enough for breakfast plus a small bottle of water seen in yr blog… period… really envy yr life style thereπŸ‘πŸ˜²πŸ™

    17. JackCAT on

      Good for you brother. Then me as a Cambodian I can spend as $3 a day or some factory worker some can't be spending up to $3 a day. Good challenge ❀️❀️ ( subscribed πŸ˜†)

    20. Veasna Sokhom on

      Hey I would like to appreciate your adventure in Cambodia to show other people out there that Cambodia is a country that is affordable for majority of people/tourist. Thanks for visiting and stay safe.

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