Blogs from Sihanoukville, South, Cambodia, Asia - page 3

From Koh Tonsay we met up with the other guys in Kampot. It's a super cute little town on a river. If we were on our own we probably would have stayed for a few days to check out the surrounding area but our group was eager to get to Sihanoukville so we only stayed for one night. Sihanoukville was absolutely insane. We met back up with Dan and Avi (from Minnesota), Danielle and Hannah (from England) and bumped into Jordyn (a Canuck we partied with in Hoi An, Vietnam and is renting a house in Snookyville). Our group found great accommodations at Family Bungalow (minus the Brits who were staying at a different place) and basically took over the whole establishment. It has 7 or 8 rooms and we took up 5 of them. Having ... read more

Obnoxious American alert! So on the minibus ride from Kampot to Sihanoukville, I had an interesting encounter with a rather arrogant American dude. Well, not quite dude, he was more the old, cranky, retired kind, with long, shaggy hair, moustache, and ripped clothes and shorts spending his remaining years in Cambodia-type. Anyway, as my minibus went around Kampot picking up passengers from their respective guesthouses, we came across this guy. First of all, he took a pretty long time gathering his things and settling his bill with the guesthouse etc. You'd have thought one would have paid up and gotten ready if he were waiting for a bus. And by the time he finally approached the minibus, and when the driver ushered him to the seats in the rear along with all the other passengers, he ... read more

"Snakville? Sihoonville? Si – hou – nak -ville...? Eeeeey 'ow you say it again bonita???" Never has a place been visited by so many ...whose name could be pronouced by so few. I leave Phnom Penh at 8am in the morning and arrive four hours late into the dusty bus station just outside of the main sprawl of Cambodia's “premier” beach resort down in the South of the country - Sihanoukville. Martin, Juan and Amparo (the Spanish girl I met on the bus ride from hell) are all staying in the centre of town at the optimistically entitled hostel “Utopia.” If your idea of spiritual nirvana is a bunch of ruddy faced 18 year olds swigging from whisky buckets surrounding a tiny neon lit pool to the obligatory thump of Gangam Style... then perhaps... “They say ... read more

Day 53 After arriving in Sihanoukville fairly late last night and, following an uncomfortable sleep in bunk beds in a very hot hostel, we decided to move to a beach side bungalow called The Cove. The wooden shacks were basic but perched right on the sea front with a fantastic view over Serendipity Beach (a popular backpacker area in Sihanoukville). The sun was shining and the beach was gorgeous but there were A LOT of people selling things and pestering you for massages and manicures, which got a bit frustrating. Nonetheless we enjoyed the day on the beach with a few beers and some barbecued fresh langestine during the day, before heading back to the bungalow to freshen up. In the evening Serendipity Beach was very lively and was lined with bars spilling out onto the ... read more

It was a very busy weekend with packing and some things that I still wanted to do in Phnom Penh. But finally on Sunday morning we went with the bus to Sihanoukville. We were five who went to the island, we had a nice time in the bus. But then the bus broke down. Luckily we were right next to a garage. The guy there said he could fix it, but the bus company didn't want to pay him, so he didn't fix it. So we waited next to the bus, the driver was trying to fix it himself. Suddenly there was a loud explosion and there was a lot of black smoke, so everybody moved away from the bus. It was then that I heard some tyroleans speaking next to me. It was a couple ... read more

Once again we made it out of the hotel room by midday, however it wasn't just through laziness, it had been raining. We headed to a place we had seen advertised and was only next door to the hotel but it didn't live up to our expectation! We then had a walk before heading to the beach but it started raining again so we returned to the hotel. the rest of the day was pretty much the same so much for lazy on a beach and topping up the tan. We were going to head to some of the Islands but we had heard mixed reviews and it was rather pricy so thought we would carry on towards Vietnam. We are getting the bus tomorrow, first stop Kampot. I didn't feel to good and that with ... read more

We got up, got some food and had a lazy day on the beach. On the way to the beach we got asked if we wanted a Tuk Tuk about 50 times and then as soon as we stepped on the beach we were asked if we wanted fruit, lobster, brackets, massage, manicure etc... One lady was sweet but very persistent in fact once we had sat down she came and sat on our sun beds and we had a chat before she threw the sales pitch at me. She showed we how she could remove my slight leg hair with thread aka threading. I knew about it but hadn't seen it been done before. I decided to get my feet done/hard skin removed. We laid there for a good few hours constantly hassled by bar ... read more

We didn't make it to the Palace and Pagoda as we got up late again. We only had time to collect our washing, get some lunch and get to the bus station. The bus to Sihanoukville was $7 and took between 5-6 hours. I saw the sea first :D. Once we arrived we got a tuk tuk to Zana hotel which was 5minuets to the beach. It was getting late so we dumped our stuff and went out for some dinner before returning to our room with some beers for Aidan as there was a Man City match on.... read more