Blogs from Sihanoukville, South, Cambodia, Asia - page 60

I booked all my Cambodian tickets on the bus company Capital tour, and, until I left for Thailand, they had been flawless. I left Phnom Pen right on time (ie, I tried to get on the wrong bus 3 minutes before my designated departure time, and they told me as if it was obvious that my bus would pull in front of the station at 7:30, and it was only 7:27), and enjoyed the 4 hour ride down, except for the constant Karaoke VCDs that were playing (see Video from the Phnom Pen Blog for an example). My seat companion was another lovely middle aged women who spoke no English. She came to my aid at a rest stop, where a vendor would not sell my the banana wrapped in sticky rice snack for the same ... read more

Mat - Lazy blog and photos: We headed to Sihanoukville on the south coast of Cambodia for Christmas. Ended up spending six days or so there. Its hard to relax on the mainland beach because of the persistant kids selling stuff you don't want and lots of beggars, but we headed to Bamboo Island off the coast which was bliss after a couple of days on the mainland. The comments on the photos should fill you in more. If the videos don't work they will if you head to: http://www.fliqz.com/FliqzWebPublic/Dynamic/proxy.aspx?PID=1723&from=perma :) Trace: After Nicki and I arrived in Phnom Penh we headed to Tuol Sleng Museum, aka S21, a primary school that had been taken over by the Khmer Rouge (absolutely NO relation to the Moulin Rouge) in which over 20,000 Cambodians were tortured and murdered ... read more

We arrived in Sihanoukville just before midday on Saturday 23rd, we found a place to stay & decided we were going to treat ourselves as it was Christmas. We got an apartment right on the top of a hill overlooking the beach & sea at Serendipity Beach. It had a big balcony, big room with a sofa & cable TV but best of all though it had warm water! We spent the afternoon on the beach in the sun & had a bit of a quiet night, ending up drinking on the balcony under the stars. On Sunday, (Christmas Eve), we decided to go & get some Christmas treats, including Pringles, Champagne & Ferrero Rocher. On the first trip to the shops we got a bit excited & didn't read the box properly & ended up ... read more

Thanks for all the enthusiastic comments. Do enjoy reading them all. It does take a long time though, as the internet here is a slows as a slow boat to China. We have been in Cambodia for a couple of days. Arrived in the early morning, and went out on deck to see the pilot boat approaching. There were literally hundreds and hundreds of fishing boats just coming back into port. It was a completely amazing sight, and they were all waving to welcome us. We tried to get some shots, but as always the sun was in the wrong place. Well, that's our excuse anyway. The first morning we were taken on a trip to the fishing village where all the boats had gone back too. There were lots of roadside shops, including a dentist, ... read more

Hello! Tales from the wild continues... We are currently sitting in a beachfront bar in Sihanoukville, a small town on the Cambodian coastline, watching the sea (Gulf of Thailand, or so we believe) lapping at the shores. The view past our computer is a touch different to our usual work one :-) The last week has been pretty busy. After leaving Vientiane for Siem Reap - Cambodia (by plane, hurrah), we checked into a nice little guesthouse and met Mr Han, the world's friendliest tuk tuk driver - who didn't even try to fleece us too much! He took us on a tour of the many temples in the area, Angkor Wat being the most famous. The temples really are amazing - huge, ancient and mostly ruined. The jungle is both supporting and destroying most of ... read more