Sihanoukville - We had a bit of a love/hate relationship with this place. But we have some lovely photos to prove that is wasn't as awful as we sometimes thought. The first are of the beach - the part where you escape from the sellers of everything from bangles to fruit to sunglasses and an endless range of goods that they wish to sell to you.
The beach was lovely though. It was trying to rain but not enough to deter us. Robert found a partly submerged boat that he had to have his photo taken on. We could say we were deserted on a island and our boat had sunk but no alas no. The other interesting thing about this beach was that there was a group of monks and they looked like they were on holiday. Monks in Asia have a love of mobiles so it's not unusual to see a monk with a mobile but we also saw a monk smoking which was a surprise.
They weren't praying and they weren't seeking alms.
At the temple there was a stray monk. Now in his ACODO shirt Robert would have had much better camouflage.
We visited a boat building wharf and saw wooden boats being built. The other photo shows women making fishing nets along the side of the road.
We visited the Airport Club at Victory Beach where they have a russian aeroplane in a hangar which is a bar and restaurant. We had coffee here with our tour guide and he enjoyed the experience but was amazed that we would spend so much on a cup of coffee.
The beach was lovely though. It was trying to rain but not enough to deter us. Robert found a partly submerged boat that he had to have his photo taken on. We could say we were deserted on a island and our boat had sunk but no alas no. The other interesting thing about this beach was that there was a group of monks and they looked like they were on holiday. Monks in Asia have a love of mobiles so it's not unusual to see a monk with a mobile but we also saw a monk smoking which was a surprise.
They weren't praying and they weren't seeking alms.
There were many restaurants right on the beachfront where we had meals and drinks. Cambodia are great with Happy Hour which can often last 24 hours and the beer is very cheap. And Cambodia have some good red wines which Patricia sampled and enjoyed. The Happy Menu was available at many restaurants which had one very special ingredient marijuana, but we decided not to sample.
We stayed at the Coolabah Hotel which is owned by an Australian couple. It was a great place to stay as there were many Aussies and as it rained so much while we were there we got to know many other tourists. The owners and staff were great and the food was pretty good too. One of the best restaurants we ate at while away for 3 months was here. It was called Happa (not happy food though) and the meals were just delicious.
We stayed at the Coolabah Hotel which is owned by an Australian couple. It was a great place to stay as there were many Aussies and as it rained so much while we were there we got to know many other tourists. The owners and staff were great and the food was pretty good too. One of the best restaurants we ate at while away for 3 months was here. It was called Happa (not happy food though) and the meals were just delicious.
We went on a city tour and visited the wharfs (there were 2 USA minesweeper ships in at the time), a waterfall, a temple and the Victory Airport Club Lounge.
At the temple there was a stray monk. Now in his ACODO shirt Robert would have had much better camouflage.
We visited a boat building wharf and saw wooden boats being built. The other photo shows women making fishing nets along the side of the road.
We visited the Airport Club at Victory Beach where they have a russian aeroplane in a hangar which is a bar and restaurant. We had coffee here with our tour guide and he enjoyed the experience but was amazed that we would spend so much on a cup of coffee.The waterfall was great with lots of water due to the rains. The driver took us on a back road through jungle on a very rough road which made it an interesting trip. Robert was impressed as by using this back road he didn't have to pay the entrance fee to the waterfall. We also accessed the waterfall via a village which was situated at the top of the waterfall in a lovely environment. We thought the villagers were very fortunate to live there.
The locals sold flower wreaths which was beautifully modelling by this young girl. Her parents were just so proud of her and wanted us to take her photo.
We travelled from Siem Reap by sleeper bus at 8pm Monday 13th June and arrived in Sihanoukville early morning on Tuesday 14th June. It was a good trip and we slept well on the bus.
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