Originally Posted by
jiejie
Awful time. January 31, 2014 is Chinese New Year and after the initial 3 days, lots of affluent mainland Chinese will be holidaying around the region including Cambodia and Thailand. That's in addition to the ethnic Chinese from other nearby countries plus the usual crowds of Europeans. Book accommodation far ahead. Or change plans to arrive mid-February.
Going in/out of BKK multiple times is probably lesser of all the evils.
Very good point. I forgot the Chinese new year. Do not go to Angkor during the Chinese new year and the week after, as pointed by
Jiejie. It is a total nightmare there during this period (I'm not exaggerating).