Overseas Field Trip Pointers

For Parents and Students:

Passport
Please ensure that your international passport has a minimum validity of period of at least 6 months from date of departure and your recent photograph is inserted in it.
All passports will be kept in the hotel safe for security reasons.

Innoculation and Medication
You may want to get an innoculation fro flu or H1N1 from any private general practitioner / polyclinic. This has to be done 2 weeks before your date of departure for it to be effective. You may also want to bring some diarrhea tablets, panadol, cough micture, lozenges and other medication you need for existing medical condition.

Currency
"Riel" is the currency used in Cambodia. Please get some of your money changed in Singapore. Recommended amount to change - not more than SGD $200/-. 1 SGD = 2900 Riel (depending on market rate)

Medication
For those students who are on medication, we advise you to bring along your medication and keep them intact in your pouch.carrier bags. You should also inform your accompanying teachers the type of medication you are taking as a record particularly those who have weak stomach and are prone to diarrhea.

Drinking Water
Please do not drink tap water. Boiled water is safe. Drinking water can be purchased from shops. They will also be distributed daily on the coach.

Hotel Ettiquette

• Upon checking in, please stay in your rooms. Do not open doors to strangers and view through the peeping hole to confirm visitors.
• Handle the things in your room with care.
• Do not visit your fellow mates rooms especially the boys visiting the girls rooms and vice versa.
• Do not loiter around the hotel/hotel lobby. Should security find anyone doing so, your teachers would be informed immediately.
• Should you order from room service, please settle your bills upon delivery.

Phone Calls
Phone calls made in hotel rooms are expensive. You are advised to buy phone cards from Singapore or use your auto-roam mobile phones to make calls to Singapore.

Strangers
Do not speak to any strangers and be wary of suspicious characters in the hotel and during the tour.

Cash

• Do not display your cash or money unnecessarily when making purchases.
• Keep your money properly in wallets or pouches.
• Do not place your wallets at the back pocket of your pants or trousers.
• Carry your haversack in front of your body.

Weather
The Siem Reap climate can be described as tropical with seasonal monsoons, and the weather is warm year-round. There are two distinct seasons - the rainy season and the dry season. We will be experiencing some cool weather in Siem Reap this time of year. However, do bring along your umbrella and/or a cap with you.