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Cabin Fever!!! Bus to Sihanoukville!
... a change!!! So 4 hours had gone and we stopped again, went really quick!!! Don't think I went to the toilet here but stretched my legs.... They randomly pick up Cambodians too which is weird the drop them off further down at their houses, they definitely look after their own here!!! A mother even got on to meet her child who was sat on his own at the front of the bus!!! Random!!! Got to Phnom Penh and felt relatively good, had an hour and a half to kill before the bus left ...
Chil-wout
... I'm not even going to go there on the head massage, stop slapping my forehead woman!! Plus she poked somewhere on my neck which made me feel like I was about to throw up, you know when the saliva comes and your stomach rolls over, thankfully my hangover had passed and I was able to keep it down. I was done for the day, I was meant to go to the full moon party but I couldn't face it, I had a civilised night in with my orange juice and some sport on the ...
A holiday in a holiday
... eat good food but from then on in it started to feel like a prison sentence. When we did have sun we made the most of the private beach, the pool and also walked for miles to other beaches in the area.
The main drag is a road down to Serendipity beach which is beautiful. At night they have tables on the sand with fire torches and candles, very romantic and we spent some good evenings here when it was dry. One night we hit the cocktails and ended up in ...
Life's a Beach
... for example the night life on the sea front is fantastic. The music is great, the drinks are cheap and everyone is in good spirits, excluding the rejected sex workers who it's best to try and avoid, obviously! There's also a pretty cool cinema where you can choose form thousands of films and watch them in your own private, group, snug room. We watched a bit of Man on Fire on our night off from the bars.
After our first night on the pop we headed back to the ...
Cambodia: Round II
... br> S-21 (the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum) was also gruesome and surreal, but again, a very important part of Cambodian history and culture. S-21 was formerly a school but was turned into a prison during the Khmer Rouge regime. There were torture devices, photos and even old blood throughout the prison. We walked away moved, and as I mentioned in a previous entry in regards to Cambodia, we agreed that the American history curriculum does a very bad job in covering ...