Diamond Beach Hotel Sihanoukville

... couple we met on the bus)… Unfortunately, the moto driver misunderstood where we wanted to go (he took "Happa" for “airport”) so we ended up half way out of town before realizing his mistake! He then thought we wanted Victory Hill, the old backpacker area (not sure how “Victory Hill” sounds like “Happa”!) before he finally realized where we wanted to go. The journey made us late for dinner but it did mean we got a tour of Sihanouxville for a buck!

... of our trusty tuk-tuks available and instead where presented with about 50 moto drivers trying to dry hump my leg! If you don't know what a moto is , its basically the most rickety broken down, underpowered 70s scooter you've ever seen in your life. There are regularly 3 to 4 people riding these things around at breakneck speeds narrowly missing the potholes in the roads. Now when I say pothole, don't think about the slight dips in the road you ...

... begging, so it's been really hard to see this and not give them anything. At night we saw traditional Cambodian dancing at dinner. <br><br>The next day we traveled to Kampong Cham, where we took a bike ride through the city and to Kos Pan, a little island community. This again was another poor community, but it seems everywhere we go the people are always smiling and the children just want to give you hi 5s and say hello. I dont think I've ever said one word ...

After all the exploring and trekking through Angkor Wat, Asia and I decided it was time to take a vacation from the vacation! We enjoyed loads of delicious Khmer food for really cheap - our meals have been costing us around $7 for both our dishes and drinks! We checked out a free show of Aspara dancing , the traditional dancing in Cambodia. The dancers eyes were so expressive and the costumes were amazing! Really made me miss dancing! <br><br>On our last day in Siem ...

... time and I'm glad he decided to come join us. There are fire dancers performing by the beachfront bars and I even gave it a go a couple times. The seafood BBQs are delicious and cheap, and a lot of places have live music at nighttime. <br>We've also met a few interesting characters. Phil had an altercation with a lady-boy who wouldn't keep his(her?) hands to him(her?)self. A pretty nutty guy named 'G' (yes, only 'G') who must be over 50 has semi-befriended us, he's a bit off ...

... be shown around someone's place of work and be given free beer to do it. It transpires that they don't let members of the public just wander around the factory at all. If the guards English had been up to it he'd no doubt have said "Does this look like the Guinness brewery to you?" And it most certainly did not. Next time; a move to the South briefly then the North of Cambodia and some sight-seeing. Including the second best Wonder of the World... Until then! Lots of Love, Dan. x.

... vaguely similar. In actual fact he had been mugged, as when the two of them went for a late night dip someone had robbed his wallet and her phone. Luckily nothing much in the wallet apart from about $15/$20. No worries.Kindest thief in the world - stole everything bar a single $1 note placed under a stone.<br><br>We chilled on the beach for the rest of the day and I got speaking to a gorgeous Canadian girl in the sea (Emma), God she was fine. But she disappeared somewhere on ...

... by now we had enough of the promised land tale, there is no way to escape, tourism has changed this country and I am not too sure it was in a very positive way. So after 2 days of not relaxation on the beach we went back to Phnom Penh, this time in my case to take the bus to Vietnam which I nearly missed , the bus to the city broke down 30 km from town, but in this places always ...

Sihanoukville must be the largest port city in Cambodia. Once we'd had breakfast in the restaurant, we waited to move into two separate single rooms that took some time to get ready. Once done, I was dismayed to find the light didn't work. Some hotel workers dutifully came around and fixed the problem. It wasn't that a new striplight was needed, but the wiring needed sprucing up - if that's the correct terminology.<br>We hired a couple of scooters from the hotel ...