Sihanouk Ville

Trip Start Jan 23, 2008
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Trip End Aug 21, 2008


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Where I stayed
Monkey Republic
(Sihanoukville hotels)

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

After a 2 hour bus we arrived in Sihanouk Ville about 6ish . Tun had booked us a guest house called Monkey Republic as he said it was Chinese new year and we might have trouble finding a room. It was actually one of the ones we had picked out that sounded nice. We arrived in a black out and couldn't reli see much of our room with a torch. Lonely Planet said black outs were frequent. We got a moto down to the far end of serendipity beach, we walked along getting some cheap happy hour drinks. There were loads of small fireworks going of, people held the one end of the stick pointed it at the sky and the fireworks came out the other, didn't look very safe. We had a great BBQ seafood on the beach and walked up back to our guest house.

Wednesday we got some breakfast on the beach and looked into doing some snorkeling out to some nearby islands. We got a moto up to Victory beach where there's meant to be a backpackers area and loads of bars and cafes. The reality was it was all up a steep hill in the sun, there wasn't much happening. We decided to walk back to the beach as it wasn't as busy as our beach. We relaxed the rest of the day on sun loungers. The sea was clean and calm with a white sandy beach. we did a lot of swimming and played with my underwater camera. When the sun started to go down we walked back up the hill in search of the Snake House Restaurant. It said in our book it was Cambodia's biggest collection of reptiles and exotic birds, but we didn't really know what to expect. We got there and it was great LOADS of snakes well planned with a large crock pit. In the center of the restaurant there's a massive aquarium. It was a great afternoon and good break from the sun and heat. That evening walked around and had a look at some more of the bars, our guest house by far played the best music.

Thursday morning got up early to do a tour of Ream National Park. The only people who are allowed to live there are the few fishermen that lived there before it was declared a national park. We got on a small fishing boat out to the beach and met a couple from Scotland and Paris they were good fun and good to talk to on the boat. We didn't realize that the boar took 2 hours and the scenery didn't change apart from seeing one bird! We arrived at a small jetty and walked about 45mins though the island to the other side where there was a great deserted beach. The waves were good and we had good fun trying to body board. We then walked back to the jetty for lunch, we had marinated barracuda fish with salad and bread. After lunch we got the boat back to the bus. There was more happening this time as the sea was going out and the fishermen were checking their nets ( i say fishermen but there were loads of women doing it too). This also meant it attracted some more birds. That evening watched the sunset over the sea and had a few cheap cocktails. we ate on the beach again as the food is fresher and you can see what your eating as all the BBQ is laid out on ice and you can choose.
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