Travelling with a baby - bus or taxi?

Can't give advise on travelling with a baby in that area, but generaly traveling with a baby you have to many short time stopps, I would take out any 1 - 2 day stopps and stay longer in one place.

Fly Siem Reap to Sihanoukville and stay there longer or don't go at all and spend your time between Siem Reap, Battambang and PP.

A little one will slow you down a lot, they need nap time, eating time, play time, new diapers, at home that's easy not so much on the road, don't think you can just pack her up and go, she can make your live a living hell if you don't consider her needs.

I would take a taxi, a bus driver can be just as bad as a taxi driver, but you can't tell a bus driver to slow down, or get out in case he's been drinking or taking other things, with a taxi you can stop if dd starts crying and carry her around, in a bus you're stuck, nice to have a screaming baby around for 4 hours or maybe more.

Your daughter can sleep anywhere even in your bed, she's not the one having a problem with that, little ones will sleep when they are tired, even if they are strapped to your back or front, my daughter always had her own bed at home, during travels we co slept without any problems, at home she went back to her own bed.

Hi templeton, thanks for your reply and advice. We've travelled before with the baby (trips to Madeira and Malaysia) so we're reasonably confident about how she reacts when we're away.
I agree with you about the taxi driver and being in control.
Have you been to Cambodia? Did you travel by bus or taxi while you were there?
Co sleeping probably won't work for us so still interested in opinions about the cots.
Thanks

I never needed one, so can't advise.

No, my trip to Cambodia will be in October, that's why I said I only give general advise about travelling with little ones.

She will be a year old, that is a different story than taking a few month old baby, she's about starting to have her own mind, my daughter walked by that age and she was fast, one second was enough and she was gone, but I found out that in babys there is a difference, does your daughter crawl? If yes, she will start to walk later, mine never did crawl took her 3-4 weeks and she was from laying around in running mode.

One nice story, I came back with her from Croatia, still in diapers but kind of potty trained, her choice, we went to the bathroom and after we got out she wanted to go back in, -,50 € per visit, so I told her she just went, turned around and not only diapers but her whole cloth were dirty cause she had the runnings.

It's all those little things you have to take into account, I say 3-9 month no problem, after that you have a person you have to take into consideration.

Just be certain that necessary precautions are taken against mosquito borne diseases, especially dengue, which should be on the rise during that month. Mosquito nets are a must. I have raised two children in Cambodia, in fact am still doing so(they are 10 & ll) and they have both have dengue in spite of our precautions. It's really scary.

hard to say about Battambang but given the time probably give it a miss. I wonder if you might enjoy kampot/Kep more than Sianoukville.

From Sianoukville to Kampot take private taxi and agree with the driver that you do not want to rush - you can check out likely price simply by asking the current price for two seats in shared taxi and then multiplying by 3

Kampot to Kep bus is an easy journey so go for that if you want to save money

Kep to PP down to your personal choice here

After seeing how many they get in those shared taxis, I'd do anything in my power to avoid having to use one. And as for the way they drive, you'd be praying all the way for a safe passage. We've done PP to Kampot by bus and really, it was perfectly fine. But not the place to let a small one "crawl around a little".

I meant private hire - ie hire the whole taxi not share. The easiest taxis to find are the share taxis and what I meant by multiplying by three would be the cost for having it to themselves.

No way would I suggest they share a share taxi

Never mind. Just figured out the maths with the number of persons they usually carry. 6 would be close enough.

yes that is why I said ask the cost of 2 seats and multiply by 3.