Sihanoukville
09.07.2011 - 15.07.2011
So not really much to report to be honest. I've just been relaxing and not doing an awful lot before the sightseeing of Angkor Wat (Siem Reap) and the hustle and bustle of Bangkok, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur!
I was with a couple of girls that I met on the slow boat in Laos for 5 days whilst here. Was good to see a familiar face hundreds of miles away from where i originally met them! It's funny that you bump into people you saw x amount of weeks and miles ago but it does happen quite often!! Anyway, they had a few friends here from back home so we had a few heavy nights down at the bars on the beach. It's rude not too when it's only $1 a drink!
They also do BBQs down the beach during the day for $3. You got a choice of 3 different meats, chips, salad, and garlic bread, not bad! I went a few times and opted for barracuda and beef which are both really good! I've also had a few more beef luc lacs here too which have also been really good!
The only bad thing about my time in Sihanoukville was the weather. It's been touch n go, one day it rains and then the next it's blazing sunshine. It's a bit annoying as there's nothing else to do here apart from sit on the beach. I suppose I can't moan too much as it is the 'rainy season' and it hasn't really affected me until now! We spent one of the rainy days at a little cinema thing which was pretty cool! We got our own little room and had a selection of endless amounts of movies, it's just a shame the majority voted for X-Men!!
With the weather being poor, it's at least allowed me to book my hostels for my last 2 weeks. I've also been able to do a bit of research and plan what I'm going to do with my remaining time.
Sihanoukville is a developing beach town, so in a few years I think the place will really take off and be the place to go in S.E.A. I'm glad I've been now as it's not totally ruined, yet! They're still building the main road to the beach but the hotels and restaurants seem to be nearing completion.
I've decided that I'm leaving Sihanoukville and heading back to Phnom Penh a day earlier than I planned because of the boredom! This will at least give me time to see the palace in phnom penh that I didn't have time for when I was originally there.
After 2 nights in Phnom Penh I'll head about 5 hours west to Siem Reap where all the temples of Angkor are. They call the temples at Angkor Wat the eighth wonders of the World so I'm looking forward to it, should be good.
Posted by m.wellman 14.07.2011 23:15 Archived in Cambodia
