Road clue guides · Asia
How to recognise Cambodia from the road
Drives on the right
Rice fields, sugar palms and wooden stilt houses. Cambodia has one of the most ornate scripts in the world.
What to look for
1
Traffic on the right
Cambodia drives on the right, unlike neighbouring Thailand.
2
Khmer script
Khmer letters are intricate and curling, with many small marks above and below.
3
Sugar palms
Tall sugar palms with round crowns stand alone in the rice fields.
4
Stilt houses
Wooden houses are raised on stilts above the ground.
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