One of the highlights of our recent trip was bumping into Ponheary and Serial Traveler, the FTer from San Diego, at Beng Melea.

My wife and I were in their company for an hour or so, and only gradually did we realize that the guide was Ponheary Ly, and the lovely American was a fellow FlyerTalker from our home town.

The Ponheary Ly Foundation is a wonderful cause, and Ponheary herself is a rare and wonderful human being. I am sure that Ponheary had arranged the driver for Serial Traveler, as well.

If you want Ponheary's email, PM me.

Our experience was, we did research, hired a driver through our guesthouse, no guides. If we go back, we will use Ponheary for a day at least for the reasons already posted by jfh1107 and our brief encounter.