Sihanoukville
Travel Blogs from Sihanoukville, Cambodia
End of Nam ...& a good start to an amazing country
... some banter with the locals... the kids are fun to mess around with, its just a bloody lovely and amazing place..... i recommend Cambodia to everyone... and i formed that opinion after taking 10 steps from he bus.... i still have the same opinion 1 week ...
Reading Time
... to Cambodia) and its beaches have made it popular as a tourist destination. According to the Royal Government of Cambodia, some 320,000 tourists visited Sihanoukville in 2006. We did not think too much about the town or the beach. Water not ...
Beachin' it
... to lie low for awhile. I popped a couple of anti-diarrhea tablets and we took off on the bus to Sihanoukville on the south coast of Cambodia. After all our purchases in Vietnam (clothes and souvenirs) we are loaded down with two extra bags and wouldn't ...
FaT dOg Cambodia
... of 'get wasted, the bar money goes to charity' took hold and 60 people danced to probably the first minimal ever heard in Cambodia. Before the party I had spent 3days trying to find stuff i could play that wasn't minimal. But after an hour of the night I ...
Living in Cambodia
... that resorts in the developing world are run by greedy multinationals so none of their money stays in Cambodia. At the moment Sihanoukville is in transformation - it currently has 2 posh resorts but gradually the beachside bars are being ploughed ...
The Costa Del Cambodia
And now, Cambodia from Eva's perspective: Part I, Sihanoukville. "$1 for moto ride, $2 for two" "$1 !!!!! for going 2 km.......... How much we paid for water? " "Gasoline is very ebansiv!" "Too Fa to wak!" There are too many reasons that they ...
The Killing Fields
... loving people they are. There are only some signs today that are reminders. The fact that doctors were killed and today Cambodia still has a very poor healthcare system (put it this way our insurance states evacuation to Bangkok is covered should we fall ...
The Cambodian Coast
... like his donuts but it went straight over her head. Shit joke or that damn language barrier? We liked Sihanoukville so I decided to do my Scuba diving certification here instead of Thailand. Kerry has an enormous phobia of the open ...
The birthplace of Mr Bucket
The journey to Cambodia's most well known beach is 5-6 hours by public bus, but we crawl out of Phnom Phen for the first hour of the journey. This is a journey of screaming child and obscenely loud karaoke videos for Kmer pop songs that all have ...
Sihanoukville
... just spent a few really good days in Southern Cambodia before heading back to the capitol city. The beaches are wonderful here in Sihanoukville. Soft sand and warm water. Not crowded at all either. I rented a scooter, called a 'moto', and visited various ...
Sunny, Smoky Sihanoukville
... year. No room at the inn for us poor travellers, unless we pay (shock, horror) U$10 a night. We have come away from Sihanoukville with a zen-like wisdom. We have come to understand the art of two-man bargaining. From paying $5 to cross town on our first ...
For Sale - Cambodia
In Sihanoukville we got to explore Cambodia's beach scene. Annoyingly it rained for most of the week which left us reading or watching discovery channel in-between quick motorbike tours to the surrounding area. I ended up reading all about a very ...
Easy Rider Part 1
... do your part for the environment. Don't use your lights even at night. So from Phnom Penh, I rode down to Cambodia's beach town, Sihanoukville. It's not the best beach in the world but it's nice enough. The best exploring, however, ...
Monica and Lisa's Top 10 so far
... 6. A 20-year old monk asking us back to his room to show us his "pagoda" 7. Crossing the street in chaotic, crazy Cambodia 8. A 6 hour ride from the Cambodian border on an unpaved road, whilst sitting in the back of a bus that read "I wish my girlfriend ...
Chapter 41: Welcome to the rainy season.
... pacing around watching the snakes and taking pictures, and I came back a few days later for another look. The days in Sihanoukville blurred together because the rain limited our activities and I quickly fell into a daily routine: wake up late, meet ...
Beaches and Waterfalls
... we're gonna fall over every few seconds. we spent the end of the day watching a beutiful sunset from the hill that overlooks Sihanoukville. unfortunatly that night, there was some sad news from home. lots of love peter. all in all times are good, but ...
Love - Lara and Indy
... the beach. Besides, we needed to recoup after all of our tomb raiding. So, here we sit on the white sand beaches of Sihanoukville. It's a tough life. We spend our days swimming in the ocean, sitting on the beach, and eating - beach vendors bring fresh ...
Sihanoukville and Koh Russet
... we haven't actually had the chance to do any real beach time. This is our first real chance. Sihanouk ville is Cambodia's only real port city. A port city isn't usually the place to find good beaches, but Sihanouk ville is very spread ...
Day 77 - 83
Weds 29th November I left the guesthouse and headed down to the bus station in Phnom Penh. I had bought a ticket to Sihanoukville - Cambodia's sea-side town so that I could go and chill out for a few days. It was a four hour bus ride and on the 20 ...
Still Here
With only having just gone to bed getting up to get the bus for the start of a 10 hour journey to Siem Reap just did not happen this morning, or at least not for Mark and I who decided to stay on while Zian and Shirly, obviously with greater will power ...
Phnom Penh to Sihanouk Ville
Our trip consisted of yet another bus journey! Thankfully we had Miriam and Victoria to break up the monotony and prevent the urges to throw things at the driver, other passengers etc... After five joy filled hours we arrived in Sihanouk Ville (Snookie, ...
Sunny Sihanoukville
... so things might be looking up. One evening we went to a restaurant called Snake House where they have a collection of Cambodia's snakes. Not any old collection though, most are in glass tanks surrounding the dining tables and some are actually in ...
Walked the whole of Sihanoukville - Beer is back!!
I awoke with some strange feelings this morning after an alcohol free day. There was no banging headache. No mouth with a taste like a badger has done a number two in it. No red hot poker pain behind the eyes. No kebab meat stuck to the side of my face ...
All day on the beach!!!
This morning we got up and it was scorching hot and sunny! There was only one thing for it - hit the beach for the day! A full day of sand & sea was great for a change. We even had chicken fajitas by the beach for lunch. So a pretty dull day for the ...
Cambodia "The Wild East"
Sihanoukville or snooky as it is affectionately known as amongst the expat community is a small beach town on the southern coast of Cambodia. Anything goes here and you can see why Cambodia is sometimes referred to as the wild east. You get skunk and ...
Coast of Cambodia
... City, otherwise known as Saigon. Just not sure when exactly I will make it there for the "same, same" attitude of the coast of Cambodia is pulling me farther and farther into its abyss of white sand beaches, turquoise waters, and $4/night ...
The Serendipity of Motorbikes and Beaches
... in the background. I read in my travel book about a place they described as "blissed out nothingness" and while that isn't exactly Sihanoukville, that's how I felt at that moment. So glad to have happened upon our little piece of bliss, we decided that ...
I Have Found the Beach
... rucksack will ever be seen again. Only one other westerner on the bus, and manage to sleep a little of the journey. Reach Sihanoukville, which is a vert stretched out place, so just choose one of the beaches and catch a motobike taxi - made a ...

