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Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville March 19th 2015

As the days spent journeying to the next place have increased and the relaxing days doing very little have decreased, I have found myself with precious little time to update this blog (poor excuse but it's the one I'm going with). This said, I have decided to write about Cambodia as one big post as we only went to 4 main places in the 2 week period. We arrived in Phnom Penh in the early evening from HCMC, so our first night was spent at a hostel recommended to us by a friend in Vietnam. The Mad Monkey hostel was a great way to kick start our Cambodia tour with great, albeit pricey, cambodian Khmer food. There was a bar with reasonably priced drinks so the evening was spent eating, drinking and meeting people. The next ... read more
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Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville March 19th 2015

Unkomplizierter als gedacht, verlief unser Grenzwechsel von Laos nach Kambodscha. Die Schauergeschichten, dass man an der Grenze von korrupten Polizisten in ein Kämmerchen gezogen wird und diese mehr Geld verlangen, als für das Visum eigentlich veranschlagt ist, haben uns davon abgehalten diese Tour auf eigene Faust auszuprobieren. Wir buchten vom Süden Laos, 4000 Islands, eine Überfahrt mit dem Bus nach Siem Reap im Norden von Kambodscha. Hierbei mussten wir nichtmal an der Grenze anstehen, sondern unsere Reisepässe wurden eingesammelt und nach 30 Minuten warten, die wir in einem kleinen Hüttchen verbrachten, kam unser Busfahrer wieder mit dem Visum. Dieser "Luxus" kostete uns 2$ mehr, als wenn wir in der Hitze beim Grenzposten angestanden wären. Danach stiegen wir wieder in den Bus und es kam nochmal ein kambodschanischer Polizist und kontrollierte Bild und Visum vom Reisepass. Insgesa ... read more
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Gehen wir zu Fuß, mit dem Roller oder doch das altbewährte Tuk Tuk
Tuk Tuk, ganz klar! Nur der Preis muss noch verhandelt werden

Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville February 21st 2015

In England the minimum sentence you get for murder is 10 years with good behaviour. On February 21st Nikki & I celebrated 10 years together. What did I do to deserve 10 years… I must have done something right! It was 9 years ago we celebrated our first anniversary in Cuba, it was 8 years ago that we celebrated our second anniversary in Rio, watching the carnival, it was 4 years ago that we got married in Sweden and it was 3 years ago that we renewed our vows in Mexico. We had great plans to renew our vows every year in a different country, however, for a number of reasons that didn’t happen. Life is back on track now and so we decided on another beach anniversary. It wasn’t as glamorous as Mexico, there was ... read more
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Renewing our vows on the beach
Us at Iguacu Falls

Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville January 28th 2015

Relaxen am Strand von Sihanoukville und auf der Insel Koh Rong gleich am ersten Tag, als ich in Sihanoukville ankam, und ich ein Bad im erfrischenden Meer genoss, wurde mir meine Sachen vom Strand gestohlen :-( Die ergatterte Beute war: 1 Handtuch 1 Kapperl 6 Dollar und mein Zimmerschlüssel Gratulation zu diesem erfolgreichen Coup :-P die nächsten Tage verbrachte ich an den idyllischen Stränden von Otis-2 und auf der Insel Koh Rong mit schwimmen, schnorcheln, faulenzen und Sonnenuntergänge bewundern. Denn viel mehr kann man auf einer abgeschiedenen Insel nicht machen.... read more
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Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville January 22nd 2015

White-sand beaches, sun and parties that is what Sihanoukville stands for. For us more a place were we could finally unpack our backpack and for the first time relax on the beach for seven consecutive days. Felt like holidays :-)! Moreover, we enjoyed reading our books, swimming in the almost not refreshing sea and having hour long discussions around some delicious seafood and wine. At the beach, we have been continuously harassed by women that wanted to sell us a manicure, pedicure or massage. So of course, we had to surrend to a manicure and pedicure! Sihanoukville was also the place where Jacques (the lover of Roze-Marie) joined us for some days. It was a pleasure to have Jacques with us. We enjoyed together a private boat trip to the islands. These islands are paradise the ... read more
Fishing boat on our way
Snorkeling at Koh Rong
On the way to Koh Ta Kiev Island

Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville December 27th 2014

Hi People, So luckily I was feeling miles better this morning, still had a few stomach cramps but ok to go on the boat trip. We headed down to the Happiness bar to meet the people on the '3 island trip' with us, there was a good mix of Brits, 2 Germans, 6 Argentineans and an Indian family. Breakfast was included in the tour, we both had scrambled eggs in a baguette, with a fruit juice. We then headed out on our dodgy yellow boat complete with car engine mounted on the back, with a starter which was just a hanging wire (just like P&O ships ;)!!!).... and headed about 30 minutes to the first little island, we anchored off the island so we all did some snorkelling. It was the best yet-great coral and some ... read more
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Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville December 26th 2014

Hi People, So today I think is going to be our worst blog so far!!! :( I got up and Vick had been up all night with Gastro so I went to see the guy we booked the boat tour with and managed to get it postponed until tomorrow due to our illnesses!! Thankfully he was brilliant and said it was no problem, also I picked up our Vietnamese Visas so that was two worries off our back. Vick had had stomach cramps and other things all night (i won't go into details), So i left her in bed while I got more water. I had a nice breakfast burrito and Vick managed some toast with nutella, which has stayed down!!! She laid on me on these massive sofas while I read and she watched a ... read more
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Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville December 25th 2014

Merry Christmas Followers and Readers, We got woken up at 3am by our pissed up dorm mates this morning!! (ARSEHOLES), I managed to get back to sleep but Vick couldn't so a bad start :( Vick then woke me up about 7am to give each other presents, (you can't take the child out of the woman :P ), So we had got an amazing piece of art for our house (when we get it), so we agreed on a $5 dollar limit for presents (I thought $10), Vick got me a sweat band which I need as I am a very sweaty man out here, not made for this humidity!! Also she got be baggy thai pants, so comfy; 3 ferrero roche and an arty christmas card to frame!! I was a lucky boy!!! I got ... read more
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Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville December 24th 2014

Hi People, So we finally got to Sihanoukville on the bus, we were dropped off in this dodgy looking bus depot. (Vick was still angry at my drunkness yesterday) We managed to chat to a German and British couple who agreed to share the price of a stupid $12 dollars to our hostel (was meant to be $4 the hostel for all of us!!). Vick haggled it down from $5 each). So our hostel the 'Everythang' is nice, very rustic, all bamboo cladding and beams, the people running it are really friendly and helpful so we are defo on to a winner here!! We are in a dorm with 6 people, our bunks are ok just that awkward height to get out as you drop a few inches which scare you when you're half awake going ... read more
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Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville November 25th 2014

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