What to bring when you move to Cambodia!
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
- In this video, we show you what we brought back to Cambodia after a trip home to Australia. It might give you some hints about what you should pack when planning your move to Cambodia!
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Hi everyone, thanks for being here. This video is about what we brought back from our recent trip to Australia. I hope it's helpful if you're planning a move to Cambodia soon!
Cheers!
hi just got here thanks for vids hope to see u guys some day i would like more info for motos,i am on sok san
Thank you Claire for all your uploads. All of us who cannot travel anymore appreciate your efforts tremendously. Take good care of you. From France❤
@@jeannettestuckelschwaiger5071Salut ma sœur, dans quelle ville résides-tu? J'habite à Val de Reuil dans l'Eure ☺️
Here's a summary of this video :
Household Goods (0:17)
* Face products (0:18)
* Sport bras (0:19)
* Credit cards (0:20) - Claire mentions difficulty getting credit cards delivered in Cambodia
Homeware (1:00)
* Cordless stick vacuum cleaner (1:02) - They wanted it because it's cheaper and there are more choices in Australia
* Cushion covers, sheets, fabric (1:04)
* Fabric with an Australiana design (1:05) - Claire likes to personalize her space
Shoes (2:12)
* Boots for future travel (2:13)
* New pair of Merill running shoes (2:14)
* New pair of Crocs (2:15)
* Shoes for Jeremy (2:16) - It's difficult to find shoes in Cambodia that fit his large feet
Toiletries (2:30)
* Medicated shampoo (2:31)
* AA guards (2:32)
* Sun cream, purple shampoo, hair serums (2:33)
* Lip balms, deodorant (2:34) - Claire says it's difficult to find some toiletries or that they are very expensive
Tech (3:10)
* Pillow massager for Jeremy (3:11)
* Yeti Nano microphone, hard drive, earbuds for Jeremy (3:12)
* Corded headphones, two pairs of JBL bluetooth headphones for Claire (3:13) - They got good deals on these items during sales in Australia
Kitchen Stuff (3:42)
* Oil spray bottle (3:43)
* Plastic spatulas, silicon tipped tongs (3:44)
* Freezer bags, bread knife (3:45) - Claire says these items can be difficult to find or very expensive
Hardware (4:10)
* Spirit level, paint brushes (4:11)
Glasses (4:22)
* New lenses for Jeremy's existing frames (4:23) - He got them in Malaysia because it is very affordable
Overall, Claire and Jeremy brought back a lot of stuff from Australia because it is cheaper and there is more selection. This video is helpful for people who are planning to move to Cambodia because it gives them ideas of things that they might want to bring with them.
Thanks for doing that! 😇
back in 2016 in Seam Reip, there was a shoe shop that sold either factory seconds (very minor defects in workmanship) , and/or shoes there was five finger discounted from the shoes factories there.
I was able to get some decent keen brand water shoe, but other brands were available too (i think, Nike, Puma, etc).
But yes, generally its hard to find 9+ sized shoes in SEA in general, so its best to bring them with you.
Very useful stuff… thanks
Glad it was helpful! 🥰
Yes!!!!! 🎉🎉 So happy 😃 you both are doing more videos for moving to Cambodia! 🇰🇭 Thank you for putting these together! Reminder on!! 🔔
Awesome! I hope you enjoy it.🎉
I always like the Aussie product shops here in PP - full of all those Anko products from K-Mart. Good bed sheets can be found in PP (in the malls), but much more expensive. I also found that after 16 years here, there is very little that I actually need from "back home", if there is such a place now.
Please name a couple of Aussie product shops near Doun Penh or BKK1
Thanks for sharing! Mostly it items that are way cheaper in Australia 🇦🇺 that we bring back.
Very specific and detailed description For Riel style… thanks
No problem! 😇
Great deals and some excited staff too… thanks
You bet 😇
Thanks noted… will review this video before I leave for SR..
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you Claire & Jeremy!
Our pleasure! 😀
Thanks for the sheet clue for when I come over for good... top tip!! When I was in VietNam many years ago, got prescription sunglasses for about $20.. and got some in china about the same. its great.
You can get some sheets here but they haven't the range like in most Western countries.
Great 👍 stuff… 👍👍👍
Thank you! Cheers! 😇
I love hearing you talk about K mart. At one time in the USA there were over 2400 K mart stores. Now there are only 12. I did not realize they still exist in Australia. Good information about getting eyeglasses in Malaysia. Would be worth a trip there. I can see where a cordless vacuum would be great there. As always you provide great information!
Kmart is my happy place 😊
I think I've got it all down, but I'll check out the video just to see if there's anything I didn't already research ✌️😇
All good 👍
Some amazing items - luv it ✔️👍👌
Thanks so much 🙏 💓
Thanks for the news, everything else that you are advertising for, get some money for help Cambodians society, and you have a pure heart ,and hard work for the poverty country, everything that shows off on the table that is the colors is your favorite heart. Thankfully you have a pure heart. Also, your friends are working hard for your speech, God is blessed to your team. You'll get successful plan .Sending love to your team.
Thank you so much for your support. It means a lot! 😄💕
A very hardworking assistant you got there 😃❤️👍👍
He did it with no complaints, too.
Cambodia is such a great spot right now, Let's go
Pack your bags!
My neighbour, a 22 year old American lad, brought cold weather gear....😂
You never know 🤣
Hopefully they are planning on traveling to a cold area outside the country 😇
The Yeti Nano Mike is a good mid range microphone and is ideal for voiceovers, podcasts etc. - good choice
Will give it a go Wednesday 🥰
Good information and I've filed away for the future. Appreciate your channel and how "for real" For Riel is! Glad to see the steady growth, now at 16K. Congratulations!
Thank you! It has been slow but steady progress for us. I guess moving to Cambodia is quite a niche market.
Hi Claire and Jeremy. I live in Kampot and I feel lucky to have found a shop here that sells 100% hotel quality cotton sheets and pillow cases. 180x200 for only USD 15. I think they are made in Thailand. Homeware shop next to Heng Furniture shop near Samaki market.
Please name the shop in Kampot
@Wise_Cracker It is the Homeware shop right of Heng Furniture shop near Samaki Market. Lady speaks English. Only bottom sheets in white, top sheets are mixed. You can buy two cotton bottom sheets and have a duvet cover made out of them if you need one. Also cotton towels etc made in Thailand.
@@Wise_CrackerHomeware next to Heng Furniture Shop near Samaki.
Great tip! 👍
I love my crocs, that textured footbed. Since I live on Maui, I practically live in flip flops, and stock up on crocs whenever they have a super sale. Some of them in pretty wild colors, that make me look like a Blue footed Booby. 😂
I love them too. Shoes get so dirty here and you can just take them into the shower and give them a scrub.
Excellent! Cotton sheets...great idea!!
Thank you! 😊
I don’t think we have KMart in US anymore. We just have WalMart but not in big metropolitan cities. I have to drive 20 miles from where I live…
But it's good you know you can get it all in the one shop. In Cambodia 🇰🇭 you have to go on a expedition for each item 😅
Thanks - two people carried all that! You won't need to be going back for a while! I got pulled over in England once for travelling suspiciously light.😅
Yeah we are usually carry on bags only. That's why we had so much space in the cases, I guess.
Very nice as always ❤
Thank you! 😊
Thanks for all, very helpful. I’ll be in Siem Reap in September preparing my move in 2025 😊
Great! It's a fantastic idea to come over for a visit before making the move here.
Hi Jeremy & Claire 😊, welcome back to the Kingdom of Wonder 🙏, hope you had a nice visit back home , I have to admit , I'm no expert when it comes to armpits 😊, but if you're itching there , in this heat , not a good thing , in fact , if you are itching anywhere on your body , in this tropical climate , address the issue immediately 😊, I myself use the deodorant NIVEA , which I believe is a deodorant made for women , manufactured in Hamburg , but available all over Cambodia , been using it since 2016 , cost around $1.50 to $1.70 US , it's a roll on , white in color , never had a problem , Jeremy & Claire 😊, always a pleasure catching up with you both , and rumor has it , a get together may be in the works for the not too distant future 🤔, one can only hope 😊, take care , stay safe , and Jeremy , you be careful handling Mr. Rubby ! 🤣
🤣 so good to see you, Brian! Funnily enough it was Nivea that set me off again recently. The rexona is nothing special but it hasn't given me the itches yet, so I'll keep using it. I think Mr Rubby is Jeremy's favourite possession 🤣🤣🤣
Yea!!! New mic for the News Moto.
I always look forward to it every Wednesday.
I haven't got around to setting it up yet, but I'm loving how it looks on the work table!
I don't see any Chicken Twisties!!
K-Mart (and Target) in Oz have become staggeringly cheap. My Mrs bought a bunch of sandals in Target for $0.65 each. They were just clearing stock, I guess.
Additionally, whilst not always the most fashionable, the t-shirts and jeans in K-mart are phenomenally priced - and they have big boy sizes.
Funnily enough, we are planning a trip back to Cambodia to stock up on Kampot pepper and that awesome cherry infused coffee. We can't get either where we are.
Kmart is SO good, and Target is pretty much Kmart these days. We brought a lot of this stuff back in a suitcase that we bought for $29. Crazy.
What do we have next assistant? ROFL I love your videos, awesome personality!
🤣 glad you enjoyed it!
You are such a cute couple. Before coming, I watched a lot of videos that said - Not to worry, you can get everything here - But it's difficult to find things (even in the big mall), but especially since I walk and carry and it's soo hot ( I came in April!). Thanks for your informative and enjoyable videos.
Also - Home and Hotel Supply has cotton sheets (300 thread count) for $15USD. I had to wash one a few times because it was kind of prickly, but they're nice old-fashioned thick.
Thanks for watching 👋
Some random items are really difficult to find and we know it's so easy to get in Australia compared to here.
Thanks for the tip on the sheets 😀
Based on my personal experience since moving to Cambodia, I would suggest bringing some pants and shorts that are two sizes smaller than you normally wear because you WILL lose weight. All my pants are at least two sizes too small now and I will have to replace and alter what I brought! And it only took two months to lose about 25 lbs! It is very hot here and also your diet will change if you eat more local foods and it isn't the high carb diet that you have been used to.
We must be doing something wrong! No weight loss over here 😭😔🙄
Yeah, but I know Big Jed loves to eat 😂.
ALSO...
A horsehair or boarhair hairbrush.
Cotton underwear.
Less common vitamins and supplements, e.g., K2
Preferred over-the-counter medicines, e.g., Robaxin (methocarbamol), Gravol (dimenhydrinate).
A cribbage board.
Classic children's toys.
If you know where to get any of these items in Phnom Penh please respond.
Best bet is Facebook groups 😇
Cotton underwear? Please, no!
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Todd sent me here, looking forward to watching all your content as have been thinking about going to Cambodia first for holiday and maybe retirement, anyway cheers from Wollongong Aus.
Life is wonderful here in Cambodia, but very different to Laos. We are so happy to have you join us and hope you enjoy our videos. 😊💯👍
Interesting that Kmart still exists in Australia. I grew up with them, but I’m not sure there’s a single one left in the States. Same thing happened to Sears, their bankrupt parent company.
Kmart is absolutely thriving in Australia! They rebranded a while back and are doing very well.
@@ForRiel Any Americans out there old enough to remember Kmart’s “Blue Light Specials”? 😊 Damn, that’s really dating me!
G’day guys. We are long time Todd fans(Now In Lao) and have lived in Lao. Glad you had a great time Lao. Looking forward to following you. All the best from a couple of Queenslands up near Bundaberg 👍
I've got family and friends in Bundy, so we know it well! Thanks so much for joining us over here. We hope you enjoy our videos. 😊👍😻
@@ForRiel Fantastic it’s a lovely part of the world.
I saw your channel for the first time . Great info ❤
Great to have you here!
Great people and great information no bs love it
Great video! Have found many things can't get in Philippines or Vietnam either. Just curious, is there Lazada or Shopee available in Cambodia?
Not yet! But you can get Lazada delivered by a third party for $1.50 a kg.
Welcome home 🙏 Great info vid .. 👍 Nice to see the house maid handed over the Vac 😂..
if you need a builders level for small jobs or big there’s free apps for your phone which can measure as well .. very handy app I use it a lot 👍
Haha I had no idea there was an app for that! There's probably so much I could be doing with tech but too old school. I do love that vacuum, though.
I love the sound of your Bluetooth mic. What brand/ type is it. I am going to resume vlogging again and I am learning about the latest gear.
We only have corded ones at the moment. The one I used in this video and for the news is a really cheap one we got in Phnom Penh for $18. I can't wait to see how the new one goes. I secretly just like the way it looks....
I have a Blue Yeti for the Podcast I am in and I love it. I hope you really enjoy it Claire
It will be tested out hopefully in the next Vlog.
hi Claire & Jeremy, that was a surprise that bit of deco falling down throughout an excellent show, all part of the fun👍. Does that big Nivea bottle just a moisturiser or a suncream? Here in the UK, never seen those big bottles with a pump from Nivea.
Yes, suncream. Really good value at that size, and definitely worth bringing due to how expensive suncream is here. Locals tend to just cover up instead. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for listing these items, my Khmer wife and I live in Cambodia. When I goto USA every 6 months I also pick up - mustard, peanut butter, shoes/socks/underwear, cold weather clothes, paperback books to read in English, Western Deodarant (underarms),
Also Extra Sharp Tilamook Cheese from Oregon, western candies, good pots and pans, heavy duty pet anti-flea and tick collars.
Thanks for sharing! Food wise we can get everything we want except Australian style sausages 😋
@@ForRiel Also forgot the Summer Sausage in the USA, i try to grab a couple big 30-40cm long sausages to go with the extra sharp Tilamook cheddar cheese! Appreciate you doing this video get to see what others miss in Cambodia!
I couldn’t find a pumice stone when I was back there but I bought walking shoes because they are so comfortable and that is my favourite crocs style which I didn’t replace and my pair here broke 3 days after I got back from Australia. So that is on the list for next time. I also bought vitamins and electrolytes because I can’t stand Royal D and vitamins are mega expensive here. And hair colour that doesn’t have ammonia in it and yes, I brought back my favourite deodorant (Moogoo brand). The deodorants here smell atrocious and have the consistency of diluted honey. Although I have since found some nice natural ones locally made.
I hate the way those Crocs just break with no warning whatsoever. 😭 I just love the style so much. The pumice we bought seems to be some weird reconstituted material that is half soap. I left it on the vanity overnight and by morning it was stuck fast. I had to soak it off. Next time I'll go for one of those long foot files instead. Hope you're going well!
Great video what about electric pressure cook ,you didn't bring voltage converter. I know frequency converter is expensive. I am very interested in electric pressure cook did they have in siem reap??
They have almost everything you need or can be brought in Thailand. We have never worried about current converters anywhere we have travelled, never had a problem so far.
Wow excess baggage cost you can take the Aussie out of the country but you can't take Aussie out of the Aussie
We only went to Australia with carry on, as we fly Airasia as it's the cheapest. So had to pay $100 extra for the two 20kg checked luggage. All up our total flight cost was $1000 AUD return for both of us, winning!!!
Can Jerermy get his size clothes in Cambodia?
Very occasionally at Zando or Decathlon.
We are thinking of moving to Cambodia and I guess that Jeremy and myself are similar size@@ForRiel
Holy crap man has Shaq feet
Nah Shaq's are almost double his size. I have size 50, it's pretty common in the countries England colonized.
Haha yeah, his shoes look funny in the pile of local people's shoes.
Hi, love your vlogs. A couple of questions for you. I believe you said you brought 40 kilos of merchandise from Australia and Malaysia to Cambodia. I'm curious, did you ship the merchandise using your airline luggage allowance, or did you use boxes and ship as air cargo. My second question, did Cambodian Customs charge duty on the stuff you shipped. Thanks
Yes it was just our luggage allowance so no need for customs or anything like that. No additional charges as it's all for personal use.
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Haven't been there, but it sounds good. No worries about FB.
Love it!!! There's finally a Triumph shop open in AEON2 for those big boobies, not cheap tho !!!
Thank you Lin Da! My favourite sports bra was from Triumph but they have discontinued it. I was planning to stock up, but no go. :(
I was hoping for actual things needed. This wasn't helpful for people moving to Cambodia
Technical most things we bought back were actual things we needed. You can get practically anything you want here just some things are more expensive.
Main things to bring
A unlocked phone
Summer clothes (aka quick dry)
Patience
Sunscreen
An open mind
Sence of humour
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We certainly do!