Green Gecko Guesthouse Sihanoukville

... Even the water is full of garbage. It was just gross and the heat did not help the stench. There were little kids all over the place with their hands out for money. The babies did not wear anything on their little butts so at least there were no dirty diapers laying around. Most of the adults were in pajamas, silk & cotton and everyone came out to see the tourists and ask for money. Some of the paths and boards we had to walk on did not look very ...

... girl who seem to be awfully thirst and in desperate need of you to buy them a 'drink'. Now to any guy which this this sounds like a nice thing, I cannot fully convey just how insistant these girls are with banshee like howling and clawing the air as you pass. Seriously, these women scare the bejesus out of me! I think it's even worse for Tanya as they appear to hiss like cats at her! Needless to say we stick to the bars free of these harridans...

... on some sun loungers 5meters or so from the sea and have a few 50cents beers to kick us off. The biggest suprise here, honestly, is the sea is warm. Actually warm, and Im not getting frostbite like I would back home! Theres no cloud today and we lounge about reading for 3 hours or so in the sun. The rest we spend in a little cafe eating and napping by the sea. Quite a nice way to spend the day.
After waking up from my nap me and Aly both ...

Just a warning to all those that want to escape from the Western CCTV world! TROPICANA Bar in Victory Hill has hidden & unhidden CCTV Cameras digitally recording every customer & everything they do in there! Be careful! Straight onto the internet? Possibly! This is not what Cambodia is about! Sinnita

... were pretty cool, you could go right inside into a little cave etc, considering it was an absolutly scorching day, the water was a god send. We spent the rest of the day ******* around town on our peds. As we were following some locals through a red light (which is the norm), we got pulled over by the fuzz and got fined a few dollars each (whatever!).

We watched movies into the night and got the early bus for Siagon-

... no fish between four of us which is actually more difficult than accidentally catching a couple.We also attempted a temple party near to our hostel held to celebrate the New Year. This gave us an opportunity to chat and dance with some of the locals and also for me to get Scott to put his head in a big swarm of flies for ten seconds. See video for further, hilarious details. The only downside of the island was the vocality of the local animals come daybreak. A cacophony of ...

... a hour. One of those freak tropical thunderstorms and heavy downpours detained our departure, though, something of a delayed reaction. I'd experienced no rain so far on this trip.
Once moving, we strolled around a covered-in market, Johannes bought a new baseball cap, and we ended up having some French quisine at a nearside restaurant. I let Johannes stride ahead while I went slower; I called in at the bookshop once more.
Once the shower abated, things ...

... unconscious. Apparently she had to be airlifted to Bangkok. Not cool!!!



After the swim we walked back to our boat & had a yummy lunch of fish & fruit on the jetty at Dolphin Station. We walked to a nearby fishing village that had about 10 homes & talked with some cute local kids. On the way back we went into a mangrove area where there was a boardwalk & climbed up the Mangrove Tower to look over the ...