Afternoon everyone,
After leaving Kep we travelled 4 hours along the coast to sunny Sihanoukville. Well, it was sunny, for the first two days...
We stayed in a little beach hut on Otres Beach and for the first couple of days we enjoyed white sand, cheap beers, dazzling sunsets and lots of cooling off in the sea....
View from our hut
but on our third morning, it all changed....
After being woken in the early hours to great claps of thunder, lashing rain and flashes of lightening, we began to understand more than ever the toils of traveling in rainy season. The rain poured for three days and on a washed out beach we had nothing to do but drink, eat and read which was actually really quite relaxing.
Finally the rain began to let up and the sunshine resumed so our last day on the beach was spent soaking up the sun pool side and planning our next move...
After a whole week in Sihanoukville we decided it was time to make a move, to Koh Kong.
Koh Kong is a small town about 10km from the Thai border and most people usually use it as a stop over into Thailand, but we decided to stay for a while and see what the town had to offer.
We stayed in the town for the first few days, getting our bearings and checking out the best places to eat, as usual we found that the best places were the cheap ones full of locals!
We then headed down river for two nights to experience life in the Cambodian jungle.
Boat ride down the river Tatai
We stayed at a small eco resort run by a friendly german chap and rented one of his three basic but spacious bungalows set in the trees over looking the river.
It was so nice to be in the middle of nowhere with only the sound of the jungle and the river, with nothing to do but eat, kayak, swim in the river and enjoy the wonders of nature! (Even if this did include being scared half to death by a water snake falling out of the rafters and landing right in front of us!)
The weeks highlights:
Best view:
Definitely watching the river go by at Neptune River Bungalows... So peaceful and so so green
Best food:
We've had loads of great noodle and curry dishes recently... Have clearly eaten them too quick to take pictures- sorry!
Love Monday Funday: As our Funday this week we decided to take a kayak down to one of the waterfalls recommended by our German friend Thomas......
Seriously those people who see Koh Kong as just a border destination are missing out on so much! The Khmer Rouge and civil war here (as devastating as it was) has ensured that this is a serious biodiversity hotspot, retaining species that are scarce to non-existent in the rest of the world... So if any of you are going to Cambodia, make sure this province is on your 'to-do' list.
Number of hours on a bus: 9
Number of mosquito bites: 20 or so each!
Have a great Monday all,
Love Rachel and Lisa xx
And Colin...
Only two weeks til we return home folks!!
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