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Published: March 27th 2015
Grabbed our beach towels and snorkeling gear to meet our group for a private tour of Sihanoukville, Cambodia this morning.
We walked a long distance to meet our transportation as the port area is restricted. Michael from Australia greeted us and showed us to a broken down, rust bucket of a van. The harbor he brought us to wasn’t any more attractive, in fact it was worse! Strewn with garbage and completely down trodden, we marched our way through and onto the pier in the hopes of finding something better awaiting us. NOT!
Still the boat was adequate and we had a great adventure on the rough ride to an island. The water was very cloudy and seemed polluted, the beach on the island was strewn with litter although we did not go ashore. We snorkeled there for awhile and then climbed aboard for lunch which was very good. Rice with vegetables and chicken.
Another spot on the island for a second round of snorkeling and we headed back. There were only 10 of us on the trip and it was an amiable group. We had a great time.
Michael told us that liquor was very cheap
in Cambodia and he peaked everyone’s interest and desire to get some! Our driver made a stop and yes it is pretty cheap. We bought a bottle of vodka for $5.00 and the loose cans of beer were 2 for $1.25. Everyone was happy!
So far I would say Cambodia would not be my choice for a vacation…
Oh by the way, there weren’t many fish to be seen - locals fish with nets and we were told that the situation is dire.
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maria brown
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love the blog
love reading your blog wow can't believe they would bring you to such a place to snorkel and there be no fish! but, its still quite the adventure