General Info

General Information:

For more information on the following information you can contact the MA Plus team and Phil at 619-420-1900 xt.3824 or email at phil@missionadventures.net

Visas: Teams coming to Cambodia will require a visa. You get this upon arrival in the country. You will need to bring 2 passport sized pictures of yourself for this visa. Visas are included in the cost of the outreach.

Passports: You need a valid passport to enter into Cambodia. Please make sure it does not expire for at least 6 months before your arrive.

Pick-Up: You will be arriving in Cambodia by plane, we will arrange a van to come pick you up from the airport. From there, we will take you to where you are staying. If you are a large team, we can arrange a second van or a truck to transport your team or luggage. This is included in the cost, no worries.

Translators: Though English is a common language in Cambodia, it is not spoken by most Cambodians, especially in the villages. Therefore you will have a translator for most of your ministry. Some ministry locations provide translators, but many do not. For those locations, we will provide a translator for you. Your translator will not only translate for you, he or she will also serve your team.

Money Exchange: The money in Cambodia is called Riel. The exchange rate as of today Oct. 13 is $100.00 USD to 415,300 Riel. You can check the exchange rate here. You should exchange money in Cambodia, not in the USA or Canada.

Phones and Communication: We will have a cel phone for emergency purposes, or for you youth pastors, to call your spouses or children, or to order pizza if we get really, really hungry. Other than that there are many internet/phone locations that you can call or email home at. It is very cheap to email and call to North America, like $2 an hour. When in the villages there will be no access to phone or internet.

Orientation: We provide a cultural and historical orientation of Cambodia to every team that we host. This orientation provides teams with a detailed history of Cambodia, insight into Kamiers religious and spiritual views, description of important points of their culture, a description of how the Cambodian culture affects evangelism and discipleship, and things teams should and should not do if they don’t want to offend Kamier people. We can also provide an introduction to the language and an orientation of the major sights. Man, that sounds great, where do I sign up?

Transportation: There are many ways to get around once you are in Cambodia. When traveling inside a city, the most common method of travel is a tuk tuk or Moto (small 125 cc motorcycle), bicycle or person. Most tuk tuk’s can take up to 6 passengers. You tell the driver the area you want to go to and as he gets close to the location, you give him exact directions to where you want to go. We will teach you how to do this when you arrive. It is very inexpensive to get around this way and a great way to travel. Check tuk tuk pics here.

Immunization: Immunization information will vary greatly depending on which country you are traveling from. Please contact your local doctor to check which immunizations you already have and which they would recommend you get before coming toCambodia.

Some immunizations that we would recommend you checking on are

• Typhoid,

• Hepatitis A/B

• Tuberculosis

• Tetanus

Generally, you won’t have to take any malaria medication during your outreach to Cambodia.