Blogs from Sihanoukville, South, Cambodia, Asia - page 62

i have been at 'sihoukanville' just hanging around the beach. did a little bicycling and motorcycling too. day 1: sitting on beach having lunch. appetizer was a fresh coconut. drank the juice first then had it cut open so that i could eat the meat. the main course consisted of grilled squid. it was grilled by a woman carrying her portable wood grill. desert was a pineapple cut fresh at my table. day 4? i rented a motorcycle. went to a national park which was not impressive. however, i did stumble upon a little used trail which brought me to a spot only the locals use, and not many at that. i had a private little beach from which to swim. of course i removed all clothing, as well as anything shiny that might have been ... read more

Gisteren zijn we eerst naar het Royal Palace en Silver Pagoda gegaan, deze keer met t-shirt en langere broek, waardoor ik wel binnen mocht :) En deze keer was er wel een gids beschikbaar, grappige man! De vloer van de Silver Pagoda is volledig bezet met zilveren tegels, wauw! 60% van de rijkdommen werd vernietigd tijdens het Pol Pot regime, maar wat er overblijft is ronduit overweldigend: goud, zilver, diamanten, onyx, brons, jade... Dan kom je buiten en zie je de bedelaars, om niet te spreken van de achterkant van het gebouw. Kort na de middag zijn we dan vertrokken naar Sihanoukville, een 5 uur durende busreis langs overstroomde rijstvelden en de mistige Cardemom en Olifant begketen. Sihanoukville is een kuststadje 230 km zuidwesten van Phnom Penh, dat als enige in cambodia iets wegheeft van een ... read more

I was trying to prevent myself from posting on my blog because I really have nothing to say, but I'm bored so if you don't want to read this one I'll understand. I've kind of conviced myself that you all want to make sure I'm still alive and everything's okay, so that's really why I'm posting... it's all for you! So here's the update: after my last post about the depressing weather it cleared up a little and I headed down to the beach to read and get some sun on my face. When I got to the beach I ran into a familiar face: Maya, a Swedish girl that Amy and I met in Kanchaniburi that I also saw at a rest stop on the bumpy bumpy road from the boarder to Siem Reap. We ... read more

Well as most of you have heard probably by now thailand went through a military coup but it was peaceful and should be okay but at the first sign of anything go up shit creek without a paddle i will catch the first plane out of there (that is what travel insurance is for) but for now everything looks alright and should be okay for tourists (i saw a news report of tourists taking photos of tanks and the military in bangkok, not that i would do that im smarter than that) so i appreciate the concern but i am still going on with my trip (im basically going to bangkok for the day in 2 days (the 23rd) and catching the night bus to ko toa (the islands). So im going to be hiding out ... read more

On the bus down from PP we met a lovely couple, Nat and Georgie - recently married honeymooners (congrats guys) - one from Australia and the other from UK who suggested that we stay at this place called Cool Bananas which had only been open 3 months and was pretty cheap at $3 a night. Hell yeah sounds good. We arrived in Sihanookville about 5pm, just in time to see the sun from the tenth straight day of glorious weather (so we were told) fade on the horizon. Bring on the sun and beach... Checking in at a place called Cool Bananas, you guessed it - run by an Aussie bloke called Paul (40-50), and his very young Cambodian fiance Amoi (20), we were greeted by the drunken owner who insisted that we indulge in some ... read more