Reef Resort Sihanoukville

... under the sun. At one point I was surrounded by 8-10 children all trying to talk to me and sell me things (for young children - 6-10 years old their English puts us to shame). But one benefit is that they must melt if the sea hits them as they didn't wade into the sea to sell you things, therefore we all stayed in the sea and then moved on. <br><br>Had some lovely ...

Wow-wee, this place was lame! Rain rain rain and touts our looking for tourists everywhere you go. We couldn't have breakfast on the beach without 50 thousand people coming up to us, telling us how long our toenails were, then offering to cut them for money, no, **** OFF!!! Kids selling cheap bracelets....No thank you! Also just as annoying was trying to have a meal in our local restaurant, with the waiters lingering around, 2 foot ...

... tuks), 13 or 14 different vehicles and more than 30 hours driving. At one point one of the buses stopped in the middle of nowhere to pick up some hardwood planks and another bus change saw 16 people and luggage for 14 crammed into a 14 seater minibus. Fun. Do not underestimate the utter madness of Cambodian minibus transport. We made it to PP pretty late, luckily found nice rooms and had a great nights sleep and a delicious breakfast before getting the bus 4 hours to the beach ...

... den doppelten Preis zahlen muessen :-( <br><br>Uns** Vietnam Visum haben wir auch besorgt. Schon krass, in Phnom Penh muss man sich** 1-2 Tage warten und in Vietiane (Laos) heisst es, dass man sich sogar eine Woche gedulden muss. Hi** in Sihanoukville hat man sein Visum in 10min, bezahlt ab** den gleichen Preis. Leid** gibt es keine Multiple Entry Visa, weshalb wir in Vietiane sowieso nochmals eines machen muessen.<br>

... of a KFC which serves cheese sauce with it's chicken. Can you imagine? The two greatest inventions in the history of cookery; chicken and cheese. Combined. It really beggars belief. Unfortunately by the time we got there the place had been closed for forty minutes. We banged on the door in frustration anyway and a little fella came to the door and said we could come in and eat but they only had chicken. ONLY have chicken? These must constitute some of the stupidest words ...

... Not fantastic but added to the atmosphere, especially when one exploded and ten fireworks or so shot backwards!) and the other side was more for backpackers.<br><br>[THIS WEEK WAS A BLUR, PARTLY DOWN TO DRINKING, ALSO PARTLY DOWN TO ME BEING **** WITH THE BLOG, THE FOLLOWING IS BUT A VAGUE RECAP!]<br><br>One night we hit the beach again and met an Aussie and a French girl; very cute. Unfortunately a combination of booze, loud music and her accent (oh god I love the French accent ...

... bridge over the sea. There was a hole in the bridge, which keith fell through! He saved himself from hitting the water by his arms but it could have been so dangerous. Sihanoukville is famous for it's beach, and it didn't let us down- the beach was idyllic. We spent a leisurely day sitting on a lounger, drinking cheap beer and enjoying the sights of boats and beachiness! We met an Australian couple a few weeks after our visit ...

... was well impressed on how easy this was to do. I obtained my visa on-line, I submitted a picture of myself and paid $US 25. This was done on a Saturday evening and by Monday I had my visa, all I had to do was print it out. This is not bad for a third world developing country.<br><br>I sailed through customs and immigration and caught a taxi to Sihanoukville. My taxi ride was 2 hours 40 minutes and cost $50 USD, I had arranged for a taxi pick from the airport through the hotel I was ...

... the linguistic landscape.<br><br>The Kingdom of Cambodia, which was recently known as the Democratic Republic of Kampuchea, possesses a history of both fabled empires but also a terrible genocide paralleled in recent history only by the Nazi holocaust and the Rwandan intertribal genocide of the 1990s. Michelle had wanted to come to Cambodia because she had seen and been moved by the film 'The Killing Fields' some years ago. I, on the other hand, was eager to see the ruins at Angkor ...