Keeping in touch while living in Cambodia

Hi Priscilla.

My experiences are quite limited.

Got no family left, and just two friends back in Europe.

With one friend I exchange emails, I have met him in Thailand a few times as he is married to a Thai.
The other friend keeps in touch through Messenger, more personal chat in real time. He will also arrive here in Cambodia next month for a 3 week holiday.

My Thai ex and my step-daughters (living in Sweden) stay in touch through Messenger too.

The occasional contact with a New York guy I know goes through email, sometimes Messenger.
There is a 12 hour difference, so his morning is my evening, no problem though.

The 6 hour difference with Europe is no problem, their wake-up time is afternoon here.

I never call internationally.

Hope this is sufficient.

Cheers.

Joe

Hi Priscilla, I do not have any family but mail and speak with friends in other countries using: Messenger, Line and Whasapp.
Regards, Pedro.

     For keeping in touch with people in Canada while in Siem Reap, Cambodia for a couple of months in 2017, I simply used Google gmail.  I try to avoid things like "Facebook".
       For my cell phone, (Kyocera DuraXE) I removed my Canadian Virgin Mobility SIM card when I got on the plane in Canada, and bought a Cambodian SIM card when I arrived in Siem Reap.  Phone calls from Siem Reap to Canada were surprisingly dirt cheap.  The Cambodian SIM  card I bought was with "cellcard" ..a Cambodian company. 
   There are other Cambodian cell companies... but I think cellcard is the biggest, and with the most coverage in Cambodia.

     In Bangkok for a while before flying back to Canada, I pulled the Cambodian SIM and bought a TrueMove SIM in Thailand. 

    You can top up your "cellcard" SIM card at lots of places in Siem Reap, Cambodia... and top up your Thailand SIM card at any 7/11 in Thailand.
    Switching SIM cards when I travel helps ensure I don't get hit with nasty "roaming" charges and gets me great cell service for very little cost.
   I simply store my SIMs in a little credit card size holder I got on Ebay. It takes up almost no room in my wallet. (I carry two wallets when travelling...  my real one in a front zipper pocket, and a give away wallet I can surrender, that has expired cards and a couple of small bills.)