Gone to Siem Reap

There has been a couple of instances when I have been told that someone has gone to Siem Reap.

1. We bought a second-hand CD player from somebody who was about to leave the country.  Apparently, the seller had the CD player repaired before selling it to us, and told us that we can contact the repair job was inadequate.  When we tried to contact this repairman, we were told that he had gone to do a job at Siem Reap, and will not be available to help until he returns to Phnom Penh.
   
   
2. Some carpentry work that was done around our house needed some follow-up work, but these will have to wait until the carpenters return from an assignment they have in Siem Reap.

I understand, Siem Reap is far from Phnom Penh.  There is some construction and other work that is being done over there.  Workmen who go to Siem Reap will be stuck there for at least a few days or a few weeks before they return to Phnom Penh.  If they have a big job to do, then they could even be there for months!

However, I wonder if these guys have really gone to Siem Reap as they said.  Maybe this is just a gentle way of saying that they are not interested to do any more on the job that they wish to consider done.  Maybe they just don't want to get hassled, after no longer having any more inspiration to do the work that they had started.

I wonder what the truth of the situation is?