Tour overview
A complete discovery of the United Khmer: mythical temples, Angkor ruins, wilderness, bucolic Cambodian countryside, rural population, foundation of the ancient Khmer society, authentic villages, rushing streams of the Mekong, walk on elephants in the red soils of Mondulkiri, and a multitude of scenes of life, the city in the country, along rivers and rice fields in the bustling markets and unprecedented, forgotten countries. Between myth and reality, it is authentic Cambodia that this timeless tour will take you before ending with a few days of rest in the seaside resort of Sihanoukville.
Highlights of the tour
- A circuit full of wealth to meet people and Asian culture of the country, without forget to visit the essential.
- Discover all the Temples of Angkor, from most to least known of the more imposing the most mysterious, inside and outside of the Circuits.
- Explore the recent tragic highlights of Cambodia’s capital, giving you a closer insight to the modern day country.
- In Rattakiri: visite the minorities whose culture and way of life have remained virtually unchanged since prehistoric times.
- Beach break in Sihanoukville, you'll make excursions to islands, mangrove sand natural parks, and you can enjoy tropical beaches and exotic landscapes.
Itinerary
Day
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Itinerary
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Meal
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Accompaniment
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Day 1
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Arrive at Siem Reap - Visit Angkor museum
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D
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Guide & Driver
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Day 2
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Siem Reap - visit the Temples of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 3
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Siem Reap - the river of a thousand lingams - PréahKhan - Meak Pean
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 4
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Siem Reap - Beng Melea - Banteay Kdei - Srah Srang
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B,D
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Guide & Driver
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Day 5
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Siem Reap - Kompong Thom
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 6
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Kompong Thom – Kratie
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 7
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Kratie – Ratanakiri
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 8
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Ratanakiri
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 9
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Ratanakiri
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 10
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Ratanakiri – Kratie
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 11
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Kratie – Mondulkiri
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 12
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Mondulkiri – visit
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 13
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Mondulkiri - Phnom Penh
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 14
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Phnom Penh – Sihanoukville
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B
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Driver
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Day 15
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Sihanoukville - excursion in the Gulf of Siam
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 16
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Sihanoukville - excursion to Ream National Park
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B,L
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Guide & Driver
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Day 17
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Sihanoukville - Phnom Penh
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B
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Driver
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Day 18
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Phnom Penh Departure
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B
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Driver
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Day 1
Arrive at Siem Reap - Visit Angkor Museum
Arrival in Siem Reap, you will be picked up in the airport and transfer to your hotel. Free time to rest.
Depending on arrival time, we will arrange a visit to the Angkor museum to give you an overview of the Angkorian civilization and Khmer art.
Buffet dinner accompanied by a traditional dance show local Khmer restaurant: the dance of the Apsaras, celestial dancers. Overnight at hotel.
Day 2
Siem Reap – Angkor Wat – Angkor Thom
Departure in the morning for the visit of the wonderful temple of Angkor Wat, inscribed on the world heritage of humanity by UNESCO. With its soaring towers and its bas-reliefs unique, it is one of the monuments the most extraordinary ever conceived by the human mind, erected in the 12th century in honor of Vishnu. Compared to all the other temples, Angkor Wat is the most famous and the most majestic.
After lunch in town, visit of Angkor Thom starting by the terrace of the Leper King, platform which presents several admirable carved figures of Apsaras emerging out. Your tour continues along the terrace of the Elephants who hosted the pomp of the royal hearings and public ceremonies. Continuation to the south portal with the famous Bayon Temple, the enigmatic and enchanting temple composed of 54 gigantic towers decorated by 216 faces of Avalokiteshvara (Buddha of compassion). On the return path, you will also visit the With Ta Prohm, temple invaded by the jungle and discovered in 1860 by the French explorer Henri Mouhout. Return to your hotel. Free time.
Day 3
Siem Reap - Banteay Srei - PreahKhan - Meak Péan
After breakfast at the hotel, departure for the excursion to Kbal Spean (the river of thousand lingams) 49 km to the north of Angkor. It is of carrres of stone which were used to bless the waters before they arrive at the royal city. The peaceful environment of the place allows you a beautiful promenade
Continuation of visits with the mythical temple of Banteay Srei whose name means: "The citadel of women". This gem of pink sandstone contains remarkable lintels carved in incredible state of conservation.
In the late afternoon, on the way back to Siem Reap, visit the romantic temple Bantey Samre, nicknamed "Angkor Wat thumbnail", of the ancient city of Preah Khan (city of the royal fortune victorious) and Neak Pean, a surprising site built in the 12th century.Return to Siem Reap, overnight in the hotel.
Day 4
Siem Reap - Beng Mealea - Banteay Kdei - Srah Srang
You go this morning out of the circle of Angkor sites for a visit outside of the common Beng Mealea temple - the daisy chain of the pond - east of Siem Reap (60 km - 1h20 transfert by car). This Temple which is still located in the wild state and strangled by the jungle gives the impression the visitor to be the first explorer. Away from the bustle of Angkor Wat, the place is particularly suitable for the reverie and meditation.
Picnic lunch on the site, before you take to the road to other Angkor temples: Thommanon, temple of the 12th century dedicated to Vishou, Chau Say Tevod which is illustrated by beautiful images carved in honor of Shiva and Vishnu, then the Buddhist temple Banteay Kdei (Citadel of the cells) and the basin of the SARS Srang (basin to the ablutions) which was a royal pool 800 meters of length. Return to the city at the end of the day. Overnight at the hotel.
Day 5
Siem Reap -Kompong Thom
After breakfast, drive to the south of Cambodia. Destination of the day: Kompong Thom, a peaceful town on the Stung Sen River.
Just before Kompong Thom, you'll make a detour to Sambor Prei Kuk Temples dating from the seventh century. These temples, which were the capital of the Indianized kingdom of Chenla, is one of the most remarkable examples of artpréankorien. Visit the entire site for two hours before continuing the road to Kompong Thom where you will be housed in ahotel in the heart of a Khmer village, Sambor Village.
The afternoonis devoted to the discovery, walking or cycling in the village, local curiositie sweaving, wood working, farming.
Overnight at hotel.
Day 6
Kompong Thom - Kratie
After breakfast, you leave Kompong Thom to continue the journey to Kratie, the most authentic region of Cambodia. Browsing paths through the center of the country bordered Khmer villages, you will make aforay into the Khmer countryside. Arrival in the city of Kratie languid along the Mekong.
Inthe afternoon, excursion to the village of Sambor which was one of the first capitals of the kingdom of Chenla ( 6thcentury) and which gives you a real feeling of the end of the world. Cruise on the Mekong with the opportunity to meet the Irrawaddy dolphins, rare species of fresh water that inhabit the upper reaches of the Mekong dolphin in Cambodia. By late afternoon, return to Kratie with stop visit Sambok Mountain temple built on a lush hill. Return to your hotel and free time to stroll in Kratie.
Day 7
Kratie - Ratanakiri
Road to Banlung in Ratanakiri province, bordering Vietnam and Lao with approximately 1 hour away and 3-4hours of track, according to the state and weather. Crossing the bridge SREPOK where were filmed, in part, the movies Apocalypse Now and the3 17th section. Transfer to your hotel.
In the afternoon departure on tracks that run through the rain forest and take you to the water falls Kachanh with a small additional charge, this walk can be done elephant back. Banlung night.
Day 8
Ratanakiri
Departure on the track (1:30h) through the bamboo forest to Sai District Voeun.
Boat trip on Tonle San River to visit the village of Kachaun, renowned for its funerary totems. Most of the population of this region are of Chinese origin and speak Lao or Laotian them. We visit their village, Lao Pagoda and its surroundings.
In the late afternoon return to Banlung and visit the volcanic lake Yeak Lom, set in a lush jungle.
Option 2. Instead of Lake Yeak Lom, you can visit a rubber plantation.
Day 9
Ratanakiri
Departure on the track by 4 × 4, crossing the lava field Rumplan Veal, towards the Laotian border to the village of Taveng. Lunch picnic on the way and visit villages Kroeung, ethnic minority known for their particular constructions of their singles houses.
Back to Ban Lung in the late afternoon. Crossing by the tracks that run through the rainforest to get to the falls Cha- ung.
Option = Road to the Vietnamese border, Bokeo, laterite track towards the Tonle San River. Visit jaraïs villages Austronesian group established between Cambodia and Vietnam. A Pakap, boats on long canoes, sailing on the Tonle San, along the banks, in the shadow of ancient giants and a amphigène vegetation. Stop at the village of Ban Bru Lav, then three-hour hike in a subtropical jungle bordering the forest sanctuary Virachay. Picnic lunch, then return to the boat, down the Tonle San to the village of Ta Veaaeng Leu. Return via a track Kroeung villages, ethnic minority Austroasiatic origin, known for its houses single, specific buildings perched on high stilts.
Other choice = from Pakap, ascent the Tonle San. Visit the village of Ba Bru Kham and 3-hour hike in the jungle. Back to boats descent Pakap.
Overnight in Ban Lung.
Day 10
Ratanakiri - Strung Treng - Kratie
After breakfast, return to Kratie with a detour to Strung Treng, last port on the Mekong basin before entering Laos, where you will have an excursion on rivers. Arrivein Kratiein early afternoon.Free time.
Other choice: From Pakap, ascent the TonleSap. Visit the village of Ba Bru Kham and 3-hour hike in the jungle. Back to boats descent Pakap. Overnight in Ban Lung
Day 11
Kratie - Mondulkiri
After breakfast, drive to Mondulkiri via Snoul. As Ratanakiri, Mondulkiri is one of the most remote regions of Cambodia. It is located in the southern highlands, a vast area between South Laos, Vietnam Central and eastern Cambodia. Mondulkiri region consists of a massive inhospitable, basaltic plateaus, hills, savannas, marshes, forests and clearings of dense jungles on red soil.
HighlandMondulkirihasa more temperatethanother regions.Due toinfra structure condition, it is best to visit Mondulkiridry season from November to April.
Check Sen Monorom, capital of the province,late morning. After check in guesthouse, departure by carto visit the Bou Sraa falls by a trackchaoticland bordered hamlets Mnong. Return to the lodgein the late afternoon.
Day 12
Mondulkiri - visit
After breakfast, departure to the Phulung village where ethnicity Mnong still use elephants as a labor force. This village is the starting point of your elephant back trekking (about 2 hours).
After meeting with Mnong, you will follow the course of a pretty little river which sometimes takes areas of rapids, and whose banks are literally buried in the thick tropical forest, then we return the vehicle to the falls Kbal Preah alost paradise in the jungle. You will repeatedly chance to swim.
Day 13
Mondulkiri - PhnomPenh
After breakfast, you will leave the Mondulkiri for Phnom Penhvia Kompong Cham where you have the boat cruise on the Mekong River to Wat Hanchey, dating from the period Chenla (VIIIcentury). Located in a modern pregnant pagoda, it is one of the few ancient temples of Cambodia to over hang on the Mekong. Arrival inthe capitalin the late afternoon, transfer to hotel.
Day 14
Phnom Penh - Sihanoukville
Road to Sihanoukville, the only true beach in the country, located 230km from Phnom Penh (4 hoursdrive).
This city, bearing the name of former King NorodomSihanouk, is bordered by 7 beautiful ideal for swimming tropical beaches of white sand.
Arrival around noon at the hotel. Freetime on the beach. Overnight at hotel.
Day 15
Sihanoukville - excursion on Koh Ruessei island
After the breakfast, departure of Sihanoukville on a traditional boat to a virgin islands located in the gulf of Siam. Sail along wild coasts, close to several small islands, and you can enjoy the reefs in plunging with mask and snorkel, and then finally reach the paradise island of Koh Ruessei where the boat will lay the anchor.
You can relax on the beach and swim in the clear waters of this desert island while a seafood bbq is prepared. In the afternoon, you go back Sihanoukville.
Day 16
Sihanoukville - excursion to the national park of Ream
You will leave Sihanoukville for a full day excursion to National Park of Ream. You will take a boat trip, and sail on a river in the middle of mangroves and maybe catch a glimpse of the monkeys, falcons or even of porpoises.
Then you will leave progressively the river to the delta and reach the white sand beaches which surround the park. You will leave your boat on the beach and will depart to the adventure in the thick tropical forest for a few kilometers of walking. Your efforts will be rewarded by a arrival on a sumptuous range of pristine sand, and then you can dive into the transparent waters of the Gulf of Siam. Return to Sihanoukville at the end of the day. Overnight in hotel
Day 17
Sihanoukville - PhnomPenh
Morning transfer to Phnom Penh and visit the Cambodian capital: visit the Royal Palace and splendid Silver Pagoda and the National Museum of Fine Arts, an architectural master piece containing beautiful pieces that once adorned the temples that we know today.
We also find the central market (Psaar Thmay) which is the true center of life Phnompenh, Wat Phnom Pagoda which sits on the top of a small hill. End of the day minicruise on the Tonle Sap. Overnight at hotel.
Day 18
Phnom Penh Departure
Free time until transfer to airport for your departure.
Accommodation:
Sites
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Accommodation
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Night
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Siem Reap
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Royal Empire hotel ***
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4
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Kampong Thom
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Sambo Village ***
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1
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Kratie
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Rajabori Villas **
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2
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Rattankiri
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Terres Rouges Lodge **
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3
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Mondulkiri
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Mondulkiri Hotel **
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2
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Phnom Penh
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Cardamom hotel ***
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2
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Sihanoukville
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Independence Hotel ***+
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3
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Tour Price: Available upon Request
Rates vary frequently. Please contact us to get the best possible price based upon your travel period and specific touring needs.
Our services include:
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Accommodation in a shared twin or shared double room
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Meals as mentioned (B= Breakfast, L= Lunch, D= Dinner)
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English speaking guide (for other languages supplements apply)
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Tours and transfers as mentioned by private air conditioned vehicle
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Entrance fees for mentioned visits
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Boat trips as mentioned in the itinerary
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Elephant ride as mentioned
Our services do not include:
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Other meals not mentioned
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Other services not mentioned
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Visa fee to Cambodia
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International Flights
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Laundry, telephone calls and expenditure of a personal nature
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Tips, Travel insurance